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Jonathan Rosenberg

b. 1975

Computer scientist and inventor of the Session Initiation Protocol

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Born 1975. Jonathan Rosenberg is a computer scientist and chief technology officer.

Jonathan Rosenberg (born ) is a technologist noted for his work in IP communications. Network World has referred to him as "a pioneer [in] the development of the SIP protocol", and he was included in the 2002 TR35 list of the world's top under-35 innovators, as published by MIT Technology Review. a cloud contact center provider. Prior to this, he was vice president and chief technology officer for Collaboration at Cisco, having previously worked as Skype's chief technology strategist.

Rosenberg is a longtime member of the IETF, where he has served in several leadership positions over his career. As of August 2017, he remains the 8th most prolific author of internet standards.

Career Rosenberg has worked in the VOIP field for over 20 years to date. He began working at Lucent Technologies in March 1993 as a Member of the Technical Staff. There, he led a small SIP research lab, acted as a team lead for DSP work, and conducted research in areas of wide area service discovery. It was during his time at Lucent that he received his PhD from Columbia University. In October 1999, Rosenberg left Lucent to serve as the chief technology officer of dynamicsoft. At dynamicsoft, Rosenberg conceived of, drove requirements for, designed, and lead software development for industry's first SIP application server. He also acted as architect and first product manager for dynamicsoft presence engine, conceived of, helped developed requirements for, and designed SIP firewall control proxy and co-developed the architecture for the dynamicsoft network application engine. When dynamicsoft was acquired by Cisco, Rosenberg followed the company. At Cisco, Rosenberg earned the rank of Cisco Fellow, the company's most senior technical position. He drove Cisco's Intercompany Media Engine (IME) product from concept through ship and set technology strategy for Cisco's service provider voice business. In 2009, Rosenberg left Cisco to serve as Chief Technology Strategist at Skype. At Skype, He pioneered the Facebook video calling integration, along with many other developments. In January 2019, he followed his former Cisco Systems boss Rowan Trollope to Five9, joining the company as CTO and Head of A.I.

Personal life Jonathan Rosenberg lives in Freehold Township, New Jersey with his wife and two children.

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Important facts

Born
1975
Birth century
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, MIT
Employers
Cisco, Skype Technologies, Bell Labs, Five9
Also known as
J. Rosenberg

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Who is Jonathan Rosenberg?

computer scientist and inventor of the Session Initiation Protocol

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Jonathan Rosenberg was born in 1975.

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Jonathan Rosenberg is a computer scientist and chief technology officer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jonathan Rosenberg

· Wikidata: Q20685356

· DBpedia: Jonathan Rosenberg (SIP author)

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