Dale Smith

International Networking Coordinator

Dale Smith is the International Networking Coordinator at the Network Startup Resource Center at the University of Oregon. The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) is a non-profit activity that has worked since the late 1980s to help develop and deploy networking technology in various projects throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Partially funded by the National Science Foundation, the NSRC focuses on education and outreach capacity development in emerging regions. The NSRC provides technical and engineering assistance to international networking initiatives building access to the Internet, especially for academic/research institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Prior to joining the NSRC, Dale was the Director of Networking and Telecommunications at the University of Oregon. Over the course of his 40-plus year career at the University of Oregon, Dale worked to develop networking facilities for the University of Oregon and the surrounding region. He participated on the team that installed the first Internet connection in Oregon and led the group that designed, installed, and maintained the University of Oregon campus network.

Since 2006, Dale has been involved in the NSRC and has given numerous talks at International meetings and has taught in many workshops throughout the world. He has helped people build networks throughout Africa and South Asia and is widely recognized international expert as a campus network and national research and education network engineer.

Since 2017, Dale has also worked for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), providing technical assistance, advice and guidance to the United States Tribal Colleges and Universities.

Dale received both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Oregon.