Vint Cerf : Founding Father of the Internet is Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist

Google has hired Vinton (Vint) Cerf, the longtime technologist who is widely known one of the “founding father” of the Internet, as Chief Internet Evangelist.

A google press release says

“Vint Cerf is clearly one of the great technology leaders of our time,” said Google CEO Eric Schmidt of Cerf, who co-designed the TCP/IP protocols that were used to develop the Internet’s underlying architecture. “His vision for technology helped create entire industries that have transformed many parts of our lives. We are honored to welcome him to Google.”

“Cerf will continue his leadership in the Internet community, and help Google build network infrastructure, architectures, systems, and standards for the next generation of Internet applications.”

He moves jobs from MCI where he was the Senior Vice President of Internet Architecture. Vint Cerf is also working on the Interplanetary Network, a project of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, which aims to extend the Internet into outer space for planet-to-planet communications. He is also the Chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).