Guest Speakers
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records is very pleased to have both Brewster Kahle of Internet Archive and Jeff Hatch-Miller of the Arizona Corporation Commission as guest speakers at this year's Best Practices Exchange.
Jeff Hatch-Miller, Commissioner, Arizona Corporation Commission
"Jeff Hatch-Miller is a commissioner of the Arizona Corporation Commission. During his tenure, the Commission has earned the reputation as “the best Commission in 50 years.”
"Hatch-Miller’s major focus is to ensure that Arizona’s 21st century energy, telecommunications, and water demands are met. Further, Hatch-Miller strives to increase protections against security fraud. The largest fraud cases in the state’s history have been resolved during his tenure."
"Before his election to the Commission, Hatch-Miller served in the Arizona House of Representatives. He chaired the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee. Hatch-Miller gained national recognition for promoting the Do Not Call list and for giving citizens online access to their government."
-- Read more about Mr. Hatch-Miller at Arizona Corporation CommissionBrewster Kahle, Digital Librarian, Director and Co-Founder, Internet Archive
"Brewster has built technologies, companies, and institutions to advance the goal of universal access to all knowledge. He currently oversees the non-profit Internet Archive as founder and Digital Librarian, which is now one of the largest digital archives in the world."
"As a digital archivist, Brewster has been active in technology, business, and law."
"After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1982, he helped start a supercomputer company, Thinking Machines, that built systems for searching large text collections. In 1989, he invented the Internet's first publishing and distributed search system, WAIS (Wide Area Information Server). WAIS Inc. created the online presence for many of the world's largest publishers, and was purchased by America Online in 1995. In 1996, Brewster co-founded Alexa Internet, which provides search and discovery services included in more than 90 percent of web browsers, and was purchased by Amazon in 1999."
-- Read more about Mr. Kahle at Internet Archive