Judith Estrin

[4] Since 2007, Estrin has been the CEO of JLABS, LLC, a privately held company focused on furthering innovation in business, government, and nonprofit organizations.

[citation needed] Growing up, Estrin focused on academics, developing her knowledge and following the model of her parents.

[2] Her specific role within the research team was to help with the initial tests of the TCP working with University College London.

[10] After Stanford, she worked at a startup semiconductor company called Zilog Corporation that had separated from Intel, where she contributed to the design of the Z8 and Z8000 microprocessors.

While her husband focused on administration, Estrin ran the technology and engineering side, and became director of marketing and sales.

[1] In 2000, Estrin co-founded Packet Design, LLC, a networking technology company, with her husband William N. Carrico, Jr., with $24 million in funding from the venture firm Foundation Capital and private investors, including Estrin, Carrico, James Barksdale, Bill Joy, and Frank Quattrone.

[23] Estrin is the author of Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy (McGraw-Hill; Hardcover, September 2008), which challenges national, academic and business leaders to work together to make the United States competitive again.