Steve Corbató
Board Member
Steve Corbató is the Director of Backbone Network Infrastructure for Internet2. In this role he has responsibility for the Abilene network, which provides high-performance connectivity and access to advanced network services to over 220 research universities and affiliated institutions in the United States. Dr. Corbató is also responsible for the Internet2 K20 Initiative, Fiberco, related internal engineering efforts, as well as Internet2's relationship with both The Quilt and National LambdaRail.
Prior to joining Internet2 in June, 2000, Dr. Corbató was the technical lead for the Pacific/Northwest Gigapop and manager of network engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. He remains an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering there.
Steve's background is in experimental astrophysics. He earned his B.A. from Rice University and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and later was a member of the research faculty at the University of Utah.