Christopher Wheeler is the COO of GridNetworks. He is a pioneer of network infrastructure commercialization, having led the team which brought the National Science Foundation’s NSFNet, the precursor of the Internet, to the Northwest Region for the first time in 1988. He holds multiple patents and is a recipient of the ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award for networking technology.
Christopher was previously Co-Founder and COO for configuration management venture, Network Clarity; Co-founder, CTO, Senior VP of Operations and Engineering for network optimization service company, Internap Network Services; Founder and CEO of interGlobe Networks a network infrastructure consulting firm; and member of the original core team and Director of Architecture for NorthWestNet, a NSFNet Regional Network.
via: GridNetworks
