Senior Research & Development Engineer for Broadband ISP Internode & sister telecommunications carrier Agile in Adelaide, South Australia, Leigh has spent the past 11 years working in the Internet and Telecommunications industry.
In 1993 Leigh helped bring dialup Internet access to Adelaide's non commercial users through his involvement with the Australian Public Access Network Assocation and, in early 1995, he designed and built South Australia's first and largest (at the time) independent rural Internet access service covering the South East, Mid North, Southern Vales and Riverland districts as well as Adelaide.
Today Leigh continues to be an active member of the Internet industry and remains passionate about using technology to create products and services that actually benefit people's lives and businesses.
Leigh's claims to fame include helping foster peering among Internet industry participants in SA, NSW and QLD and in 1996/1997 he called a meeting of the South Australian Internet industry (at a local Adelaide pub, of course) and proposed the formation of an industry association (SAIA) - the motion was carried and today SAIA continues to provide valuable information and assistance to its members, including services such as the SAIX, an neutral ISP peering point in Adelaide.
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1. I think it is illogical and arrogant to think that life hasn't existed elsewhere in the Universe at some stage in the past, doesn't exist now or won't exist at some point in the future. The human race has a great number of issues to resolve before it can hope to facilitate friendly first contact.
2. We've been dropping the proverbial breadcrumbs all over the galaxy and beyond for a hundred years already, transmitting a specific beacon with information about our civilisation is rather pointless, other than perhaps to provide someone else with a historical account of our existance at a specific moment in time.
3. I run SETI@home because, deep down, I'm a technology nut - the chance we could meet with an intelligent civilisation that has technology potentially a millenia ahead of our time tickles my fancy.
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