George Brett

Current

• Senior Manager, Knowledge and Information Services at Internet2

Past

• Senior Dimplomat at George@ghbrett.org
• Chief Information Architect, Performance Initiative at Internet2
• Senior Project Coordinator at NCSA UIUC

• Director of Networking Initiatives at The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
• Director - CNIDR at MCNC / North Carolina Supercomputing Center
• Director at Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
• Director, CNIDR at MCNC
• Advisor at Mecklermedia
• University Advisory Board at Zenith Data Systems
• Higher Education Advisory Council Member at Zenith Data Systems/Groupe Bull
• Higher Education Advisory Council Member at Zenith Data Systems/Groupe Bull
• member at UNC CAUSE
• Assistant Director at UNCECS

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• The University of Georgia
• Florida State University

• University of Maryland at Munich

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George Brett’s Summary

Since 1981 working with information technologies in higher education, K-12, communities and libraries on local, regional, national, and international projects.

Primary goals have been (1) to assist faculty and staff with adoption and integration of information technologies in education and research; (2) to promote the use of standards; and (3) ecourage the use of "public domain" or open source software as a way to provide econmical access to applications and content.

George Brett’s Specialties:

Information discovery and retrieval, collaborative resources, higher education, community networking, online library resources

George Brett’s Experience

• Senior Manager, Knowledge and Information Services

  Internet2

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  August 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)

  The Manager of Knowledge and Information Management responsibilities are to ensure that Internet2 and its members have the best possible web and information services; to manage and lead KIM to provision and maintain the infrastructure for those resources and services; to plan and implement new technologies and services; to work closely with Internet2 staff and members to understand their information resource needs and verify that current and planned resources meet those needs; to identify, demonstrate, and implement new information technologies that improve Internet2 web and information services. Grant income as Co-PI approximately $76,000

• Senior Dimplomat

  George@ghbrett.org

  (Internet industry)

  1983 — 2009 (26 years )

• Chief Information Architect, Performance Initiative

  Internet2

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 2 months)

  The Chief Information Architect is responsible for the design and management of the End to End Performance Initiative Online Knowledge Base (aka Performance Improvement Environment, E2E PIE); to collaborate with the E2Epi technical area to develop and disseminate content; to liaise with the Health Sciences Program to implement E2E related projects; to identify and pursue funding opportunities for E2Epi; and to assist in the involvement of application communities and member campuses in the E2Epi projects.

• Senior Project Coordinator

  NCSA UIUC

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  March 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 6 months)

  The Senior Project Coordinator is responsible for strategic planning and outreach activities for the DAST by applying leading edge technologies appropriately to research and education. Developed plan for a Distributed Users Support / Services Taskforce (DUSST). Developed and implemented the Advanced Application Database that included over 4,500 projects and applications using the National Science Foundation very high performance Backbone Network Service (VBNS). Grant income as Co-PI approximately $5.7M

• Director of Networking Initiatives

  The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 1997 — December 1998 (2 years )

  The Director has programmatic responsibility for an array of existing projects (e.g., a virtual electronic library initiative, advanced network applications for Internet2 / Next Generation Internet), development and support of pending projects, and pursuit of new initiatives beneficial to SURA's members. Also, the Director is responsible for identifying and funding noteworthy project proposals from members.

• Director - CNIDR

  MCNC / North Carolina Supercomputing Center

  (Internet industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years )

• Director

  Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years )

  Founder and Director of CNIDR, a department of MCNC an advanced technologies center in Research Triangle Park, NC. CNIDR was funded as part of cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation to serve as steward and clearinghouse for emerging internet based applications. These included WAIS, archie, jughead, vernica, gopher, and the world wide web. CNIDR developed training materials, help desk services, and worked with standards bodies (e.g., IETF, ALA) to promote the acceptance and use of these applications. Contract and Grant Income approximately $4.3M

• Director, CNIDR

  MCNC

  (Internet industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years )

• Advisor

  Mecklermedia

  (Internet industry)

  1989 — 1995 (6 years )

• University Advisory Board

  Zenith Data Systems

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1988 — 1991 (3 years )

• Higher Education Advisory Council Member

  Zenith Data Systems/Groupe Bull

  (Internet industry)

  1988 — 1991 (3 years )

• Higher Education Advisory Council Member

  Zenith Data Systems/Groupe Bull

  (Internet industry)

  1988 — 1991 (3 years )

• member

  UNC CAUSE

  (Internet industry)

  1983 — 1991 (8 years )

• Assistant Director

  UNCECS

  (Internet industry)

  1983 — 1991 (8 years )

George Brett’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  CAS , Information and Library Science , 1988 — 1995

• The University of Georgia

  MFA , Fabric Design , 1976 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  Developed extensive show record with placements and awards of art work in regional, national and international exhibits. Numerous One Man art exhibits.

• Florida State University

  BA , Constructive Design , 1971 — 1973

  Activities and Societies:

  Staff Photographer - FSU Flambeau, Staff - Adult Shelter Workshop, Self-Employed Craftsman

• University of Maryland at Munich

  Liberal Arts 1969 — 1971

Additional Information

George Brett’s Honors:

Principal Investigator and Co-Prinicpal Investigator of cooperative agreements and grants awarded by the National Science Foundation

Reviewer for the National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, Annenberg CPB, National Council of Museums and Libraries

Co-Chair
> Working Group on Networked Information Resources, IETF
> Working Group for Directories and Resource Information Services, Coalition for Networked Information

Advisory Committee Member:
> Study of Communications Technology in Higher Education, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
> National Educational Computing Conference

North Carolina Delegate 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services

Guest Editor for Special Networked Information Edition, "Electronic Networking: Research, Applications, and Policy" Mecklermedia Publishers

Editorial Board
> Research and Education Networking Meckler Publishing, New York
> EDUCOM Review , EDUCOM

Honorable Discharge, US Army. 1984

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