Internet Pioneer Bob Metcalfe to Speak at 10th Annual Georgia Technology Summit

Ethernet Inventor to Address Innovation and Research University Startups at 2013 Event


ATLANTA (June 13, 2012) – Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) today announced Bob Metcalfe, co-inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com, will speak at the 10th annual Georgia Technology Summit on March 20, 2013. Metcalfe, whose career has veered down multiple paths – including working as an engineer with Xerox, founding a multi-billion dollar company and publishing InfoWorld magazine – will share his thoughts on driving innovation through startups coming from the nation’s research universities.

“We are excited to welcome Bob as a keynote speaker for our annual Georgia Technology Summit,” said Tino Mantella, president and CEO of TAG. “As an Internet pioneer, his innovation contributed to the explosion of the technology industry and has paved the path for many of our companies in Georgia today.”
Metcalfe is no stranger to entrepreneurship. He co-invented Ethernet in 1973 and founded 3Com Corp. in 1979. 3Com, a billion-dollar networking company, became part of HP in 2010. Now living in Austin, Metcalfe is the Professor of Innovation, Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise and professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering.

Metcalfe recently completed his second semester at UT Austin co-teaching 1 Semester Startup, an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship practicum for undergraduates already on startup teams. The class aims to help advance student startups by teaching fundamentals of company formation, but mostly by connecting the teams into networks of real world resources. Metcalfe has helped facilitate guest speakers such as Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell, National Instruments Corp. CEO James Truchard, former MIT Media Lab Director Frank Moss and others.

“For 10 years we have been uniting the technology community in a day of celebration and learning through the Summit and it has grown to become one of the largest tech gatherings in the state,” Mantella said. “We hope you will join us to make our 10th annual Summit the best yet.”

The 2013 Georgia Technology Summit is expected to draw a crowd of more than 1,000 C-level executives, entrepreneurs, technology professionals and academia to celebrate and recognize Georgia’s technology community. In addition to presentations from some of the top technology influencers in the nation, 40 new companies will be named to TAG’s Top 40 Innovative Companies and the newest member of the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia will be inducted.

For more information about TAG and the Georgia Technology Summit and to register for the event, visit http://www.tagonline.org/georgia-technology-summit.php. Follow the conversation on Twitter through #GTS2013.

About The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG)



The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is the leading technology industry association in the state, serving more than 16,600 members and hosting over 200 events each year. TAG serves as an umbrella organization for 30 industry societies, each of which provides rich content for TAG constituents. TAG’s mission is to educate, promote, and unite Georgia’s technology community to foster an innovative and connected marketplace that stimulates and enhances a tech-based economy. The association provides members with access to networking and educational programs; recognizes and promotes Georgia’s technology leaders and companies; and advocates for legislative action that enhances the state’s economic climate for technology. Additionally, the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG’s charitable arm) focuses on helping science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives thrive. For more information visit the TAG website at www.tagonline.org or TAG’s community website at www.TAGthink.com. To learn about the TAG-Ed Collaborative visit http://www.tagedonline.org/.