As Director of the Network Platforms Lab, Mr. Alan Crouch is responsible for identifying and directing advanced research and development efforts for network processing technology, server network acceleration, and intelligent scale-out storage. He is also responsible for managing the lab's Engineering team.

Alan has led Intel R&D efforts in network architectures since 1999. His team has made key contributions to the Network Processing Forum and IETF ForCES network processing industry standards efforts, and delivered early implementations of these emerging standards in Intel's IXA Portability Framework. His team co-developed the Microblock SW architecture for Intel's IXP family of network processors, to reduce the time and effort for developing network processing applications.

In 12 years at Tektronix, he held positions of increasing responsibility; starting as a Software Engineer and becoming Director of Engineering from 1996 to 1998. Accomplishments include leading an international engineering team as the director for the Network Displays Division. His team delivered the world's first Multi-user Windows NT desktop/server architecture, enabling the rapid introduction of a new generation of software products to the thin client industry. Alan worked directly with key Global 2000 customers to develop the first Microsoft Windows*based Terminal, and release the first Netscape 4.06-based Network Computer in the industry.

Mr. Crouch graduated with honors from Oregon State University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.