ICSC 2008
Second IEEE International Conference on Semantic ComputingSanta Clara, CA, USA - August 4-7, 2008
John A. Toebes
Cisco Systems, Inc.,
Chief Architect, Cisco Media Solutions Group
John Toebes, Chief Architect of the Cisco Media Solutions Group, is responsible for evaluating technologies, both internal and external, as part of the group's charter to improve the content experience for consumers.
John has been awarded 14 US patents for his work in MPEG video and XML compression, IP telephony, distributed network and distributed network services. He currently has over 60 additional patents pending with the U.S. PTO.
Previously, John was a Senior Manager in Cisco's Technology Center, where he managed a team of software engineers who evaluated, designed, and developed innovative technologies. John and his team worked at the bleeding edge on a wide variety of technologies, including Network Search, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Network Gaming, and XML Applications.
John joined Cisco in December of 1999. Prior to this, he was Founder and Vice President of Research & Development for SouthPeak Interactive, a division of SAS Institute. While at SouthPeak, John was the Producer for Men in Black: The Game.
John received a BS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and went on to be stationed at the Pentagon as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. He has also worked at SAS Institute and Nortel Networks as a Manager and Systems Developer.
John resides in Cary, NC with his wife and two children where he likes to create surround videos, tinker with electronics and help coach high school Science Olympiad teams.
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Chief Architect, Cisco Media Solutions Group
John Toebes, Chief Architect of the Cisco Media Solutions Group, is responsible for evaluating technologies, both internal and external, as part of the group's charter to improve the content experience for consumers.
John has been awarded 14 US patents for his work in MPEG video and XML compression, IP telephony, distributed network and distributed network services. He currently has over 60 additional patents pending with the U.S. PTO.
Previously, John was a Senior Manager in Cisco's Technology Center, where he managed a team of software engineers who evaluated, designed, and developed innovative technologies. John and his team worked at the bleeding edge on a wide variety of technologies, including Network Search, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Network Gaming, and XML Applications.
John joined Cisco in December of 1999. Prior to this, he was Founder and Vice President of Research & Development for SouthPeak Interactive, a division of SAS Institute. While at SouthPeak, John was the Producer for Men in Black: The Game.
John received a BS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and went on to be stationed at the Pentagon as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. He has also worked at SAS Institute and Nortel Networks as a Manager and Systems Developer.
John resides in Cary, NC with his wife and two children where he likes to create surround videos, tinker with electronics and help coach high school Science Olympiad teams.
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