User:RollandWaters

Education:

Washington University, St. Louis 1980-1984 B.S. Computer Science B.S. Electrical Engineering M.S. Computer Science, degree not completed

1984-1992 BBN, Cambridge Massachusetts

1984-1985 Wideband Satellite Network (Steve Blumenthal's group), worked on Pluribus router and the Voice Funnel. In 1985 implemented a simple IP router to enable the Wideband Network to carry IP traffic as part of the Internet backbone, in all likelihood the first routing of IP traffic over a T1 line on the backbone.
1985-1992 SIMNET and related combat vehicle simulation efforts. Largely responsible for protocol optimization, led all efforts for the wide-area network including carrying voice traffic.

After BBN:

Founded RTIME, Inc., purchased by Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) as the basis for their in-game network for the PS2.
Several tours of duty at Microsoft, including the first version of the AutoPC (MS's first speech-driven product), SAPI 5.0, and Forza Motorsports.
Helped Zipper Interactive ship the SOCOM I, SCEA's first speech-driven product. SOCOM was awarded "Online Shooter of the Year". Work included the voice interface, the voice chat feature, and AI code.
Short tour of duty at Cray, Inc., working on an multi-terabyte scale in-memory graph analysis for an undisclosed client
Current startup is HeartRate Games, Inc., working on blending aerobic exercise equipment with interactive games and other activities