General Session IV Friday
10:30 - 11:15 am
Location: Amphitheater
Greg Palmer
Executive Director
MAGPI
gpalmer@magpi.net
RESOURCES
Video of this Session (Requires iTunes or Quicktime Player)
BIO/EXPERTISE
Greg has been in the communications industry since 1980 working first as a technician for Inter-connect companies and then as full-time staff at Okidata, Inc. In 1988 he received a business degree in Operations Management from the LaSalle University, Evening Division. In 1990, he collaborated with the Okidata parent company, OKI Electric in Tokyo Japan, to build an international network that included Japan, Thailand, Australia, five sites in the United States, and the United Kingdom. Following ten years of service with Okidata, Greg assumed the responsibilities of Director of Campus Computing at Drexel University in Philadelphia where he wrote, and received, a grant from the National Science Foundation for connection to the vBNS national backbone. Returning to the corporate world, he took a position as Director of Global Computing Operations at Christian Dalloz, Ltd, a French company that manufactured and distributed personal safety products. As Director, he was responsible for voice, LAN, WAN, and systems operations for 42 sites worldwide. He then chose to return to the academic community at the University of Pennsylvania as the Executive Director of MAGPI, the regional aggregation point for Internet2 where MAGPI now connects over 600 research and educational communities in PA, NJ, and DE to an advanced regional network and is dedicated to the proliferation of initiatives and applications requiring a high performance infrastructure in the United States and internationally. MAGPI is also consultant to the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education.
ABSTRACT
MAGPI has produced many diverse Internet2 programs nationally and internationally. This presentation will highlight
- Emerging Network Capabilities in Africa
- The Pennsylvania Research and Education Network – (NTIA proposal)
- The Veterans Administration and Health Information Exchange