R. Richard Summerhill
10233 Timberhill Rd
Manchester, MI 48158

734-428-1422
rrsum@summerhill.org
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Dr. Summerhill retired as Chief Technology Officer for Internet2 on June 19, 2009. He is now involved with network consulting, and also works as a photographer for Rick Summerhill Photography.

As Chief Technology Officer for Internet2, Dr. Summerhill was responsible for leading the technology development efforts within the Internet2 community. His duties included providing technology vision for the community and he served as the focal point for such diverse areas as dynamic circuit services and middleware. Rick's team also provided specific support for the network research area. In his previous position as Director of Network Research, Architecture and Technologies for Internet2, Rick had engineering responsibility for the Abilene network and led the Internet2 Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project. Prior to joining Internet2 in December of 2002, Rick served as the executive director of the Great Plains Network, an advanced regional network centered in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been associated with advanced networking at the campus, state, regional, and national levels for the last twenty years. Prior to network engineering, he served on the research faculty in Mathematics at Kansas State University. Rick attended Monmouth College where he received a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics and University of Iowa where he received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics.

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Education:
	BA	Mathematics, Physics	1962-1966	Monmouth College
	MS	Mathematics	1966-1967	University of Iowa
	PhD	Mathematics	1967-1969	University of Iowa

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Employment:
	2009-	Network Consulting Rick Summerhill Photography	Network Consultant Photographer
	2007-2009	Internet2	Chief Technology Officer
		The Internet2 Network Design The Dynamic Circuit Network The GENI Project for Internet2
	2004-2007	Internet2	Director, NRAT
		The HOPI Project The MAN LAN Exchange Point The Abilene Observatory
	2002-2004	Internet2	Associate Director, BNI
		The Abilene Network
	1998-2002	Great Plains Network	Executive Director
		Design of the Great Plains Network
	1997-1998	University of Kansas	Network Administrator
		Network Design and vBNS Connectivity
	1996-1998	KANREN	Network Administrator
		Network Design and Administration
	1996-1997	Kansas State University	Super Computing Systems
		Administration of Super Computing Facilities
	1989-1996	Kansas State University	Assistant Director, CNS
		Principle Architect of the Campus Data Network Design and Implementation of the Campus Unix System
	1972-1989	Kansas State University	Faculity, Mathematics
		1985-1989 Associate Professor 1981-1985 Department Head 1979-1981 Associate Professor 1972-1979 Assistant Professor
	1970-1972	Institute for Advanced Study	Research Assistant
		Research Assistant to Deane Montgomery
	1969-1970	University of Missouri	Faculty, Mathematics
		Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
	1966-1969	University of Iowa	NSF Traineeship

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Related Experience:
	2001-2002	The Quilt	Executive Committee
		Chair, The Quilt Executive Committee
	1998-2002	Abilene Network	Technical Advisory Committee
		Chair, Abilene Technical Advisory Committee
	1991-1996	KANREN	Executive Committee
		Original Participant in KANREN
	1995-1996	Wide Area Network Designs	Private Consultant
		Network Engineer List of Clients Available on Request
	1977-1987	American Mathematical Society	Visiting Lecturer
		Lectures on Geometric Topology

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Honorary and Professional Societies:
	ACM Sigma Xi Association of Members of the Institute for Advanced Study Usenix

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Interests:
	Networking Computing and Operating Systems Design Geometric Topology Numerical Analysis Photography Woodworking Bicycling Labrador Retrievers Golf