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RICH SEIFERT, M.S.E.E., M.B.A
President of Networks and Communications Consulting, Los Gatos, CA.
Mr. Seifert was one of the original designers of the 10 Mb/s Ethernet system, and author of the DEC-Intel-Xerox Ethernet specifications. He had broad technical responsibility for all of DEC's LAN products until 1984, when he helped launch Industrial Networking, a manufacturer of factory LAN products. Since 1988, Mr. Seifert has provided consulting services to a wide range of computer and communications systems manufacturers, semiconductor companies and large end users.
He is co-author of numerous IEEE 802.1, 802.3, and 802.4 standards, was chairman and editor of the IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex/Flow Control standard, and recently completed editing the IEEE 802.3ad standard for Link Aggregation. His book, Gigabit Ethernet: Technology and Applications for High-Speed LANs, was published by Addison-Wesley in 1998; "The Switch Book: The Comprehensive Guide to LAN Switching Technology", was published by John Wiley & Sons in 2000.
Rich's current areas of interest include work on Gigabit Ethernet products, switching and routing silicon, Storage Area Networks, protocol design, and new network architectures. He is actively involved in funding and starting new companies developing innovative network technologies, and sits as a Director and/or Technical Advisor on a number of corporate boards.
Mr. Seifert teaches courses on networking for the University of California, both at Berkeley and Santa Cruz, Oxford University, and many private companies, and has the world's largest collection of outrageous neckties.
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