JohnClippinger

From Identity Mashup

John directs a multi-disciplinary project to study the implications of new identity systems on civic participation, privacy, governance and new forms of digital commerce. In collaboration with Parity Communications and the Eclipse Foundation ( HYPERLINK “http://www.eclipse.org” www.eclipse.org), John helped develop an open source, “identity middleware” framework, called Higgins ( HYPERLINK “http://www.socialphyiscs.org” www.socialphyiscs.org) Announced in February of 2006, Higgins supports interoperability among identity systems and enables users to more effectively control how information about them is accessed and shared. In collaboration with the Gruter Institute ( HYPERLINK “http://www.gruterinstitute.org” www.gruterinstitute.org) John has also been conducting a series of workshops at the Berkman Center on the impact of trust, reciprocity, and reputation, on the formation of digital institutions. John has been a consultant to Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks, Information and Integration) on networked organizations, and was CEO of Context Media LLC, a knowledge management software and services company. Previously, he was Director, Intellectual Capital, at Coopers & Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers. Prior to joining Coopers & Lybrand, he was CEO of Brattle Research Corporation, which developed artificial intelligence, language processing and search software. He is author and editor of the book, The Biology of Business: Decoding the Natural Laws of Enterprise (Jossey-Bass, 1999). John is a graduate of Yale University and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a regular participant of the Pentagon sponsored Highland Forum, The Aspen Institute, CEO Leadership Institute of Yale University School of Management, and The Santa Fe Institute Business Network.