Jean Calvignac
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Jean Calvignac is an IBM Fellow, who was responsible for the system design of IBM network processors. Calvignac holds more than 120 patents.
In 1998, at the IBM Research Triangle Park Laboratory, he and his team initiated the IBM network processor activities. He had previously been responsible for system design of the ATM switching products, which he initiated with his team in 1992 at the IBM La Gaude Laboratory in France. Before then, he had held different management and technical leader positions for architecture and development of the IBM communication controller products at the IBM La Gaude Laboratory.
Calvignac joined IBM in 1971 as a development engineer in telephone switching products. He received an engineering degree in 1969 from the Grenoble Polytechnic Institute, France. As of 2008, he has been awarded no fewer than 124 patents in the field of communication and networking.[1] and has published more than 90 papers or contributions for standards.
Calvignac was named an IBM Fellow in 1997, "IBM's highest technical honor", awarded based on "sustained and distinguished technical achievements in engineering, programming and technology." As of 2008, he is one of 194 IBM Fellows honored since the program was initiated in 1963 and one of 67 active IBM employees designated with this honor.[2]
Calvignac is a Fellow of the IET (in Europe) and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
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- ^ Almost 200 patents according to: Vollmer, Sabine. "IBM tops patent ranking for 14th year.", The News & Observer, January 12, 2007. Accessed January 31, 2008. USPTO search for "Calvignac" in Inventor Name, United States Patent and Trademark Office. Accessed February 1, 2008. Search finds 124 patents to his name.
- ^ IBM Fellows, IBM. Accessed February 1, 2008.
