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DTJ Number 3 September 1987 - Digital Technical Journals

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BiographiesDavid R. Oran Dave Oran is a network architect working on the DNAnaming service. He also worked on the SNA Gateway architecture andsupported customers with large networks. Dave represents <strong>Digital</strong> on theANSI and ISO committees for the OSI network layer. Before coming to<strong>Digital</strong> in 1976, he designed a nationwide network for the largest bank inMexico and programmed at NASA. Earning a B.A. degree (1970) inEnglish and physics from Haverford College, Dave is a member of ACMand was vice chairman of the Ninth Data Communications Symposium in1985.Radia J. Perlman Radia Perlman is a consulting engineer responsiblefor the specification of the protocols and algorithms in DNA's routinglayer. On the LANBridge 100 project, she designed the spanning-treealgorithm. Before joining <strong>Digital</strong> in 1980, Radia was the network architecton the ARPA Packet Radio Network at BB&N, Inc. She earned her S.B.(1973) and S.M. (1976) degrees from M.I.T. , both in mathematics. Radiais on the editorial board of Computer Networks and ISDN Systems andhas published numerous papers on networks.Richard P. Pitkin As a principal engineer and project leader, RichardPitkin was a senior contributor to the DECnetjSNA Gateway and VMSjSNAprojects. His major work was in product development, testing, and performanceanalysis. Currently, Richard is assessing the IEEE 802.5 tokenring standard. In previous work, he was a principal software specialistinvolved in worldwide technical support for IBM interconnect products.Before coming to <strong>Digital</strong> in 1979, Richard supported large timesharingsystems for the State of Massachusetts. He earned his B.S. degree in mathematicsfrom the University of Massachusetts, Boston.David Porter Dave Porter joined <strong>Digital</strong> after earning his B.Sc. (Hons)degree with first-class honours in 1977 from Leeds University.In the U.K. , he designed X.25 interconnect products, and on U.S. assignment,he worked on the SNA Gateway V1.0. Returning to the U.K.,Dave developed a product connecting to IBM's DISOSS system. Currently,back in the U.S., he is a principal software engineer working on IBM interconnectproducts. Dave specified the architecture for the SNA GatewayAccess Protocol V2.0 and worked on gateway management and security.Jeffrey A. Schriesheim Educated at S. U.N.Y. at Binghamton, JeffSchriesheim came to <strong>Digital</strong> in 1976 after earning B.A. (Fine Arts, 1970)and M.S. (Systems Design, 1975) degrees. He worked as a design engineer,supervisor, and consultant on DECnet Phases II, III, and IV on softwaresupporting the RSX, lAS, PRO, and ULTRIX systems. Jeff also contributedto the design of Ethernet products, including the DECnet Routerand various terminal servers. Currently a consulting engineer, Jeff isworking on extending DECnet services. He is a member of the DECnetReview Group.6

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