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Founder/Chairman/CTO @ CEATS Inc.
At this time, Milford Skane serves as the founder, Chairman, and Chief Technology Officer of his own firm, CEATS. Skane developed CEATS software to assist other companies in selling tickets for their services.
Living in Riverside, California, Milford Skane actively participates in his community. When he is not running his business, Skane volunteers as a high school wrestling coach or participates in a community church. Milford Skane also relishes playing golf and football, as well as assisting charitable organizations, including Goodwill Industries International and the Salvation Army.
Milford Skane attended the University of New Hampshire in Durham and studied engineering. In 1977, Milford Skane enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, training in El Toro, California. While serving in the military, Skane acted as a Legal Chief, Non-commissioned Officer in Charge, and an Avionics and Weapons Training Instructor. Skane furthered his education at MCAS Millington Electronics School and became an E-5 NCO Certified Inspector.
After completing his service to the country, Milford Skane became an Aerospace Technician for AlliedSignal, known today as Honeywell International Inc. and located in Torrance, California. Next, Milford Skane took his expertise to Rockwell International, where he joined the firm as an Engineering Technician in Anaheim, California. Within two years, Skane had founded Computer Services Personified, where he aided several notable customers by creating networks and fixing various pieces of equipment.
In 1987, Milford Skane became the President of MS Intergate, Inc. (AAI). At this company, Skane developed the software he leveraged to launch his own firm, CEATS, and received his first patent in 2008.
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An Abbreviated History of the Internet, with Milford Skane: Part 1, Milford Skane
December, 2011
Few inventions have experienced the rapid global expansion or had the profound impact on society that the Internet has. While for most people, the Internet became an integral part of their daily lives within the past decade, the technology traces its origins to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1960s, when J.C.R. Licklider transmitted a series of memos through a computer network. Licklider had previously conceived the idea of a “Galactic Network,” which would connect machines around the globe to share and receive information more rapidly. With his insight, Licklider became the first leader of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), laying the foundation for Internet pioneers Bob Taylor, Ivan Sutherland, Lawrence G. Roberts, who oversaw the organization in later days.
Leonard Kleinrock was responsible for the next significant breakthrough in the evolution of the Internet, using packet switching theory instead of circuits to transmit information. Together with Roberts, Kleinrock came to the conclusion that packets were going to be an essential part of computer networking, as they allowed for increased networking freedom. Roberts subsequently went to work at DARPA, creating the ARPANET. After presenting a paper on the ARPANET in the mid-1960s, Roberts was approach by researchers at RAND Corporation and the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom, who had been working on similar projects. The ARPANET’s development accelerated in the ensuing years, with researchers connecting a series of computers to the network in 1969, marking the true beginnings of the Internet. The ARPANET protocol was completed in 1970 and was demonstrated at the International Computer Communication Conference in 1972, the same year electronic mail was introduced.
About the Author: A pioneer in online ticket sales, Milford Skane founded CEATS, Inc., in 1997 and continues to function as the Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of the enterprise. Since 2008, Skane and his team at CEATS have acquired 16 different patents pertaining to their ticketing technology, with eight more currently pending. Milford Skane boasts nearly three decades of industry experience and holds a degree in Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
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