Dr. Marshall T. Rose

A network protocol and software engineer, author and speaker who has contributed to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet, and Internet and network applications. His work on behalf of the Internet Engineering Task Force has included: Area Director for network management, 1993-1995; Chair, MARID, MTA Authorization Records in DNS. IETF working group, Applications area; Chair, OPES, Open Pluggable Edge Services. IETF working group, Applications area; Chair, POP, Post Office Protocol. IETF working group, Applications area; and, Chair, SNMP, Simple Network Management Protocol. IETF working group, Network Management area. More specifically, he has specialized in network management, distributed systems management, applications management, email, and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He holds a Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine. He is former area director for network management of the IETF, and currently maintains his own business, Dover Beach Consulting in Sacramento, California. He has written and published several books, including, but not limited to "How to Manage Your Network Using SNMP", "Internet Messaging: From the Desktop to the Enterprise" and "The Internet Message: Closing the Book with Electronic Mail".