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David Lawrence Tennenhouse (born c. 1957) is a Canadian–American computer researcher and technology executive.

Life

Tennenhouse was born about 1957 in Ottawa, Canada.NEWS, Canada’s global leaders: 40 Canadians who’ve become international business power players, Canadian Business, March 28, 2005,www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/canadas-global-leaders/, November 23, 2016, November 24, 2016,www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/canadas-global-leaders/," title="web.archive.org/web/20161124025450www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/canadas-global-leaders/,">web.archive.org/web/20161124025450www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/canadas-global-leaders/, dead, He received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. In 1989 he completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge under advisor Roger Needham.WEB, David Lawrence Tennenhouse, Mathematics Genealogy Project,www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=55183, November 20, 2016, His dissertation was Site interconnection and the exchange architecture.JOURNAL, Site interconnection and the exchange architecture, David Lawrence Tennenhouse, October 1989, Ucam-Cl-Tr-184, University of Cambridge, 10.48456/tr-184,www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-184.html, He then joined the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).WEB, David L. Tennenhouse, MIT, Faculty biography page,www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/~dlt/bio.html, dead,www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/~dlt/bio.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080513062229www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/~dlt/bio.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080513062229www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/~dlt/bio.html, May 13, 2008, November 19, 2016, He was chairman of the Technology and Policy Working Group of the US National Information Infrastructure Task Force at some time point.In 1996 he became director of the Information Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), overseeing US government research.WEB, Dr. David L. Tennenhouse, Personnel page DARA ITO, dead,www.darpa.mil/ito/Personnel/index.html,www.darpa.mil/ito/Personnel/index.html," title="web.archive.org/web/19990202050701www.darpa.mil/ito/Personnel/index.html,">web.archive.org/web/19990202050701www.darpa.mil/ito/Personnel/index.html, February 2, 1999, November 19, 2016, In 1999, he joined Intel as a director of research.WEB, Conversation: David L. Tennenhouse, Bio IT World, September 9, 2002,www.bio-itworld.com/archive/090902/horizons_tennenhouse.html, November 19, 2016, WEB,www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2, Laurels for Giving the Internet Its Language, Katie Hafner, February 16, 2005, The New York Times, 2, November 27, 2010, In 2001, he founded what were sometimes called the Intel Research Lablets.NEWS, Robert Buderi, Intel Revamps R&D,www.technologyreview.com/s/401203/intel-revamps-rd/, MIT Technology Review, October 1, 2001, November 20, 2016, One of the projects sponsored was TinyOS.MAGAZINE, Intel’s Tiny Hope for the Future, Wired, December 1, 2003, Brendan I. Koerner,www.wired.com/2003/12/intel/, November 23, 2016, In February 2006 he became the chief executive officer of A9.com, the search subsidiary of Amazon.com, replacing Udi Manber.NEWS,www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020802243.html, Google Hires Amazon Executive, February 9, 2006, The Washington Post, November 20, 2016, He left Amazon in September 2006. In 2007 he became a partner at the venture capital firm New Venture Partners.WEB, David Tennenhouse Partner, Company web site “about our team” page,www.nvpllc.com/dtennenhouse.shtml, dead,www.nvpllc.com/dtennenhouse.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20080517125230www.nvpllc.com/dtennenhouse.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20080517125230www.nvpllc.com/dtennenhouse.shtml, May 17, 2008, November 20, 2016, In 2004, he was granted IEEE fellowship for leadership in the development of active networks.WEB,www.comsoc.org/membership/ieee-fellows/2004, IEEE Fellows 2004 | IEEE Communications Society, In September 2012 he became vice president for technology policy at Microsoft.WEB, New Venture Partners to Raise New Fund as Partner David Tennenhouse Departs, September 13, 2012, Venture Wire, Dow Jones,blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/09/13/the-daily-start-up-new-venture-partners-to-raise-new-fund-as-partner-david-tennenhouse-departs/, November 20, 2016, In May 2014 he joined VMware to direct its research.WEB, Welcome to VMware, David Tennenhouse, Ben Fathi, CTO Blog,cto.vmware.com/welcome-vmware-david-tennenhouse/, May 6, 2014, November 20, 2016,

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