Jeff Pulver
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| Jeff Pulver | |
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 Pulver in 2011 at the Ontario 140Conf |
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| Born | 1962/1963 (age 48–49)[1] |
| Residence | Great Neck, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
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| pulver.com | |
Jeffrey L. Pulver[2] (born September 12[3]) is an American Internet entrepreneur known for his work as founder and chief executive of pulver.com. He has written extensively on the need to develop an alternative to government regulation of the applications layer of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony.
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[edit] Biography
Jeff Pulver grew up in Kings Point, New York.[1] He graduated from Great Neck North High School in 1980.[4] While working at a Long Island accounting firm, Pulver founded Spreadsheet Solutions Corp. to market add-ins for Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel.[5][6]
Pulver became interested in Internet telephony in 1995, when he was as a systems administrator at Cantor Fitzgerald. He was a co-founder and minority shareholder in Vonage, a VoIP provider based in Edison, New Jersey. Pulver also invented the CellSocket, a device to make and receive cellular voice calls via a standard phone. He was listed as a BusinessWeek Tech Guru in 2003.[1]
Pulver is the chief writer of what is referred to as the Pulver Order, which was adopted in 2004 by the Federal Communications Commission as the first FCC ruling regarding Internet Protocol (IP) communications. The order ruled that computer-to-computer VoIP is not a telecommunications service. He coined the term purple minutes to describe value-added IP network traffic.
Today he concentrates on the field of Internet Video or IP Video.[citation needed] He was profiled in 2006 by The Wall Street Journal, discussing his visions about both voice and video communications via the Internet.[7] Pulver also organizes a conference series, held in various locations around the world, called 140conf (140 Characters Conference). He is an investor in startup companies.[citation needed]
Jeff Pulver resides in Great Neck, New York, with his twin sons Dylan and Jake.[8] He also spent time in Remsenburg, New York.[9]
[edit] Works
- Network2 TV is a guide to TV on the Internet founded by Pulver.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Thinking Outside the (Phone) Lines". BusinessWeek. April 1, 2003. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2003/tc2003041_4912_tc107.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
- ^ Verity, John W. (August 5, 1996). "Calling All Net Surfers". Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/1996/32/b348748.htm. "Jeffrey L. Pulver, president of Pulver.com Inc"
- ^ Pulver, Jeff (September 12, 2005). "Today's my Birthday..". Jeff Pulver's blog. http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/002877.html.
- ^ Pulver, Jeff (October 16, 2000). "Jeff's 20th High School Reunion...". The Pulver Report. http://www.pulver.com/reports/report16oct2000.html.
- ^ Maykuth, Andrew (August, 1990). "The 1-2-3 career path". Lotus Magazine.
- ^ Pulver, Jeff (March 8, 2005). "VON Spring 2005: Jeff Pulver bio". Pulver.com. http://www.pulver.com/spring2005/schedule_edsg1100623184.html.
- ^ Sharma, Amol (2006-06-13). "Mr. Pulver Has Just Two Words For You: Internet Video". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115015879072178440.html. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- ^ National Board of Directors: Risa Pulver. Diabetes Research Institute Foundation.
- ^ Coolidge, Christine (July 24, 2009). "Risa and Jeff Pulver Host Louis Vuitton Trunk Show At Their Home". GuestofaGuest.com. http://guestofaguest.com/nyc-events/risa-and-jeff-pulver-host-louis-vuitton-trunk-show-at-their-home/.
- Meisel, John B.; Needles, Michael (2005). "Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) development and public policy implications". The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media (Bradford, IL: Emerald Group Publishing) 7 (3): 3–15. doi:10.1108/14636690510596766. ISSN 1463-6697.
[edit] External links
- Jeff Pulver's corporate bio
- Audio Interview with Jeff Pulver in 2007
- Video Interview with Jeff Pulver about the "Pulver order" in 2008
- Crunchbase Profile
- Interview with Jeff Pulver in the London Free Press about the Ontario 140 Conf in 2011
- Interview with Jeff Pulver in the The Record about the Ontario 140 Conf in 2011
- Jeff Pulver on Twitter
[edit] FCC documents
- http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-27A1.pdf
- http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-243869A1.pdf
- http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-27A2.pdf
