Industry Perspective
Monday, October 18, 2004, 10:00am - 10:30am
The Summit Chairman shares his view.
Steve Blumenthal, Sr. VP of Engineering, BridgePort Networks
Steve Blumenthal, SVP of Engineering, is responsible for BridgePort Networks’ technology roadmap.
Blumenthal’s background includes stints at Genuity where his group designed and built one of the first voice over IP networks; and BBN, where his group built and ran many government global networks such as the DARPA Wideband Network, the nationwide IP backbone for BBN's commercial Internet services, and a large part of AOL's dialup network.
Blumenthal was formerly chairman of one of the White House Office of Cyberspace Security's Internet Working Groups and represented Genuity to the FCC's NRIC.
Blumenthal holds BS and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
