Kipp Jones has been an avid computing enthusiast since his first introduction to a TRS-80 in a rural Nebraska junior high school. Not satisfied with the cassette tape interface, he quickly graduated to an Apple II+ on which he produced his first commercial software package at the age of 14. The Apple also inspired Kipp to help found an early user’s group, the Northwest Kansas Prairie Apples, in 1982. He has been serving various roles in the computing industry since that time.

Fast forward to today: Kipp is a founder and Chief Technology Officer of nuBridges, a growing software and services company providing fully-managed inter-enterprise eBusiness connections and communities. This role requires a broad and deep understanding of technology and its impacts on companies of all types.

Prior to nuBridges, Kipp was Vice President of Internet Services at Pathfire, a digital video management and content distribution company, where he led the efforts to build the core Internet distribution offering. Kipp has an entrepreneurial background, having served in critical roles in the early creation of companies including Harbinger Net Services, HomeCom, and DirectSight. Kipp has substantial experience with information exchange systems, and has written several papers in this area.

Kipp holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska, and an M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, where he split his research time between physically realistic animation and Web research during the Web’s nascent years. He continues to be interested in a broad array of topics including B2B, distributed computing, semantic technologies, sensor networks, information quality, and cyberinfrastructure.