During the last 30 years, Mr. Bryan has built up and sold several high-tech companies in the fields of telecommunications networking, military computer systems and commercial equipment for network access. As CEO, one of his companies achieved the Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies.
He was the founder of Advanced Computer Communications (ACC), which helped design and implement the first packet switch network for a U.S. Government agency (NSA & DCA). ACC engineers also participated in the early development of communication protocols like NCP, TCP/IP, X.25, and alternative versions for military use. For this and earlier work in computer internetworking, Mr. Bryan was recognized in September of 1994 as one of the founders of the Internet. ACC was purchased by Ericsson in 1998. |