Judith "Judy" Lenore Estrin

Born: 1954 or 55

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

UCLA BS Math & Computer Science 1975; Stanford University MS Electrical Engineering 1977

Field of Study: Entrepreneur

Institution/Corporation: JLABS; Stanford University

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Boards of FedEx Corporation (1989-2010), Rockwell Automation (1994-1998), Sun Microsystems (1995-2003), Walt Disney Company (1998-2014), the Innovation Advisory Board of America COMPETES (2011),

Awards: 2010 GIL (Growth, Innovation and Leadership) Award from Frost & Sullivan 2002 Women in Technology International Hall of Fame; 1998 named 1 of 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business; 1987 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Recipient, Northern California;

Achievements: co-founded eight technology companies; worked with Vinton Cerf on the Transmission Control Protocol project at Stanford University in the 1970 where the team developed the specifications for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, also known as TCP/IP & her specific role within the research team was to help with the initial tests of the TCPs; investigated Ethernet technology, which connected computers in the local area together; at Zilog Corporation contributed to the design of the Z8 and Z8000 microprocessors; led the team that developed one of the first commercial local area network systems called Z-net; 1981, co-founded Bridge Communications with her husband (Bill Carrico who she later divorced) & they manufactured network routers, bridges, and communications servers; 1995 co-founded Precept Software, Inc., which developed networking software; 2000 co-founded Packet Design, LLC, (later JLABS LLC) a networking technology company; was CEO of Packet Design, LLC, until it was dissolved, distributing its assets to investors in late 2007; created JLABS, LLC, to pursue her interests in innovation and leadership; became the CEO of Evntlive, a tech company founded by her son David Carrico, in 2013;