Paul Trevithick
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Paul Byers Trevithick is an American inventor, engineer
and entrepreneur
.
Trevithick is a co-founder of Azigo, and is currently its CTO
. He initiated and is the technical leader of the work that is now the Eclipse Foundation
's Higgins project. Supporting this effort, he also co-founded SocialPhysics.org, the IdentityGang.org (now part of Identity Commons), Identity Schemas. In 2008 Trevithick founded the Information Card Foundation and currently serves as its chair. In 2009 he co-founded and was formerly a co-chair of the Kantara Universal Login User Experience Working Group. Trevithick is a member of the Kantara Leadership Council and a steward of Identity Commons.
Since 2003, Trevithick's work has focused on creating open source
identity infrastructure that give people more control
, convenience, and privacy
with respect to their digital identities and social networks on the internet
. A key focus has been the development of personal data stores and browser-integrated and mobile active client software sometimes called "digital wallets."
He co-authored the paper Identity and Resilience that was one of the 100 papers cited as informing the 2009 White House CyberPolicy Review.
In 2006 Trevithick created the concept and led the development of the ELICIT platform, an online game used to support experimentation focused on information, cognitive, and social domain phenomena. ELICIT was sponsored by the U.S. DoD (OASD/NII) Command and Control Research Program (CCRP)
Before Azigo, Trevithick was president of Bitstream Inc.
. He was CEO and co-founder in 1985 of Archetype, Inc. In 1981, he co-founded Lightspeed Computers. Trevithick has participated W3C
, PODI, OASIS, and ITU-T standards efforts. He was granted the Seybold Industry Vision award in 1999. He was a research assistant at the MIT Media Lab
in 1981-1982, and graduated from MIT with an EECS in 1981
He has four children: Matthew, Harlan, Mila and Elena. Trevithick's ancestry is Cornish
. The name, meaning "Budic's homestead" in the Cornish language
, is shared by Richard Trevithick
who was inventor of steam locomotion, by rail and by road, the screw propeller and high pressure steam.
Paul blogs at InContext
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
.
Trevithick is a co-founder of Azigo, and is currently its CTO
Chief technical officer
A chief technology officer is an executive-level position in a company or other entity whose occupant is focused on scientific and technological issues within an organization....
. He initiated and is the technical leader of the work that is now the Eclipse Foundation
Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the open-source Eclipse Projects and helps cultivate both an open source community and an ecosystem of complementary products and services...
's Higgins project. Supporting this effort, he also co-founded SocialPhysics.org, the IdentityGang.org (now part of Identity Commons), Identity Schemas. In 2008 Trevithick founded the Information Card Foundation and currently serves as its chair. In 2009 he co-founded and was formerly a co-chair of the Kantara Universal Login User Experience Working Group. Trevithick is a member of the Kantara Leadership Council and a steward of Identity Commons.
Since 2003, Trevithick's work has focused on creating open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
identity infrastructure that give people more control
Internet security
Internet security is a branch of computer security specifically related to the Internet. Its objective is to establish rules and measures to use against attacks over the Internet. The Internet represents an insecure channel for exchanging information leading to a high risk of intrusion or fraud,...
, convenience, and privacy
Privacy
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively...
with respect to their digital identities and social networks on the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. A key focus has been the development of personal data stores and browser-integrated and mobile active client software sometimes called "digital wallets."
He co-authored the paper Identity and Resilience that was one of the 100 papers cited as informing the 2009 White House CyberPolicy Review.
In 2006 Trevithick created the concept and led the development of the ELICIT platform, an online game used to support experimentation focused on information, cognitive, and social domain phenomena. ELICIT was sponsored by the U.S. DoD (OASD/NII) Command and Control Research Program (CCRP)
Before Azigo, Trevithick was president of Bitstream Inc.
Bitstream Inc.
Bitstream Inc. is a type foundry that produces digital typefaces . Founded in 1981 by Matthew Carter and Mike Parker among others, it claims to be the oldest such company...
. He was CEO and co-founder in 1985 of Archetype, Inc. In 1981, he co-founded Lightspeed Computers. Trevithick has participated W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web .Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the...
, PODI, OASIS, and ITU-T standards efforts. He was granted the Seybold Industry Vision award in 1999. He was a research assistant at the MIT Media Lab
MIT Media Lab
The MIT Media Lab is a laboratory of MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Devoted to research projects at the convergence of design, multimedia and technology, the Media Lab has been widely popularized since the 1990s by business and technology publications such as Wired and Red Herring for a...
in 1981-1982, and graduated from MIT with an EECS in 1981
He has four children: Matthew, Harlan, Mila and Elena. Trevithick's ancestry is Cornish
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
. The name, meaning "Budic's homestead" in the Cornish language
Cornish language
Cornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...
, is shared by Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. His most significant success was the high pressure steam engine and he also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive...
who was inventor of steam locomotion, by rail and by road, the screw propeller and high pressure steam.
Paul blogs at InContext