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Steve Crocker

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CEO at Shinkuro, Inc.
📍 Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Steve Crocker is a renowned internet pioneer, currently serving as CEO of Shinkuro, Inc. , and President of The Edgemoor Research Institute. With a PhD from UCLA, his career includes chairing the board at ICANN. Colleagues consistently describe him as a visionary leader and a key architect of the internets foundational principles.

His lifelong dedication to the internets development reflects a deep personal passion for technologys role in global collaboration. His work, spanning from the ARPANETs inception to modern internet governance, demonstrates a career that has also been a personal mission. Public records indicate he enjoys sailing.

He authored the very first "Request for Comments" (RFC 1) in 1969, a document that established the process for creating the technical and operational standards for the internet.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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Internet Governance
Served as Chairman of the Board for ICANN from 2011 to 2017, demonstrating deep involvement in the policies and structures that govern the internet.
Internet Security
He was the founding chair of ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) and focuses on deploying improved security protocols through his company, Shinkuro.
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Career

Work history

CEO
Shinkuro, Inc.
9-2020
Founder President and CEO
The Edgemoor Research Institute
6-2011 - 11-2017
Chairman of the Board
ICANN
Advisory Board Member
Krasnow Institute, George Mason University
Vice president
Trusted Information Systems
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Education
1960 - 1977
Bachelor's degree and PhD
UCLA
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