IP: for Valley people (Silicon that is)Steve McGeady * Lessons of Antitrust * CSL Colloquium Wednesday 4:14 Gates B03

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> >       Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium
> >         4:15PM, Wednesday, January 31, 2001
> >    NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03
> >
> > Topic:         Lessons of Antitrust: A Case Study
> >
> > Speaker:       Steve McGeady, Drumlin Holdings
> >
> > About the talk:
> >
> >   Anti-trust and Technology: Anecdotes from the Microsoft Trial
> >
> > Steven McGeady started and ran Intel's multimedia and Internet
> > software efforts during much of the 1990s.  During this time, he
> > worked extensively with and against Microsoft.  Having been both
> > at the front line of Intel-Microsoft relations and a packrat of
> > email, presentations, and notes, it isn't surprising that his
> > files were subpoenaed by the US Dept. of Justice for the
> > Microsoft anti-trust trial.  Perhaps more surprising was that he
> > was the only Intel executive -- indeed, one of the few PC
> > industry executives -- who actually agreed to testify, despite
> > the misgivings of his then employer, Intel.
> >
> > Mr. McGeady will give some opinions on the nature of competition
> > in the technology industry, some anecdotes about his
> > participation in the trial, and some suggestions about how to
> > think about the underlying social responsibility of competitive
> > entrepeneurs.
> >
> > About the speaker:
> >
> > Mr. McGeady is Managing Director of Drumlin Holdings, an
> > investment company and technology advisory group. Until June of
> > 2000, Mr. McGeady was Vice President of Intel Corporation's New
> > Business Group. During his 15 years at Intel, Mr. McGeady led
> > many software, marketing, and investment initiatives for Intel,
> > including the i960 RISC microprocessor software, multimedia
> > research and development, Intel's Internet development group, and
> > a new business focused on Internet-based healthcare delivery.
> > Prior to working at Intel, Mr. McGeady was a software engineering
> > manager at Ann Arbor Terminals and Tektronix.
> >
> > Mr. McGeady was Vice-President of Intel's Multimedia,
> > Communications, and Internet activities from 1990 through 1996,
> > where he led the development of the first desktop
> > video-compression software for the PC, Intel's early
> > implementations of multimedia network broadcast protocols, the
> > first products to combine television and web pages, online
> > virtual communities, the Java language, and data security
> > infrastructure.
> >
> > During the 1996/97 academic year, Mr. McGeady was a visiting
> > researcher at the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of
> > Technology, were he pursued research on emergent and
> > self-organizing behavior in computer networks, and was a keynote
> > speaker at the first Harvard Conference on the Internet and
> > Society. His speech from the event, "The Digital Reformation:
> > Freedom, Risk, Responsibility" was reprinted in the Harvard
> > Journal of Law and Technology. During 1997 and 1998, Mr. McGeady
> > was a member of the National Science and Technology Board
> > committee on Information Systems Trustworthiness, and is a
> > co-author of its book on the subject.
> >
> > In 1998, Mr. McGeady was a witness for the US Department of
> > Justice in the U.S. vs. Microsoft anti-trust case, where he
> > testified about Microsoft's attempts to control Intel's software
> > efforts, as well as their behavior toward Netscape and Sun's
> > Javasoft. He was the only executive from the PC industry to
> > testify for the government.
> >
> > > From 1997 through 2000, Mr. McGeady ran Intel's Internet Health
> > Division, which focused on accelerating the deployment of
> > computing and the Internet in the healthcare industry. Through
> > industry marketing, investment, and business creation, Intel was
> > influential in the establishment of e-health as the
> > fastest-growing Internet business segment. IHD created the
> > Internet Authentication Services business, allowing secure
> > credentials for online health information transactions. Mr.
> > McGeady is now a well-known commentator on the role of technology
> > in Health.
> >
> > Mr. McGeady is on the Boards of several small companies,
> > including Webcriteria, an Internet user-experience metrics
> > company, as well as on several non-profit Boards, including the
> > Reed College Board of Trustees and Ecotrust. Mr. McGeady is also
> > a member of the International Advisory Board for the National
> > University of SIngapore's Kent Ridge Digital Lab, and a member of
> > the Technology Advisory Board for Mercy Corp, an international
> > aid organization. Mr. McGeady attended Reed College from
> > 1977-1980, and studied Physics and Philosophy.
> >
> > Contact information:
> >
> > Steve McGeady
> > mcg () mcgeady com



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