President Obama Taps Tribble for National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint Guy “Bud” Tribble to be a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Tribble is Vice President of Software Technology at Apple, a position he has held since 2002.

Before rejoining Apple in 2002, Dr. Tribble served as Vice President of Engineering at Eazel Inc from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that, he served as Chief Technology Officer for the Sun-Netscape Alliance. In 1985, Dr. Tribble helped found NeXT Computer, where he served as Vice President of Software Engineering until 1992. He was part of the original Macintosh design team in the 1980s. Dr. Tribble received a BA from the University of California, San Diego and an MD and PhD from the University of Washington, Seattle.

The Advisory Committee’s mission is to advise the President on the availability and reliability of telecommunication services.