Chris Piche Explained

Chris Piche
Birth Date:1971
Birth Place:Vancouver, Canada
Alma Mater:University of British Columbia
Years Active:2000 - present
Notable Works:Creator of the STUN, TURN, and ICE, NAT traversal protocols

Chris Piche is a Canadian computer scientist and technology entrepreneur who specializes in peer-to-peer networking, streaming, and computer vision technologies.

Piche pioneered the technology behind online multiplayer gaming and formed a joint venture with Stanley Ho and Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) to create the first Internet-based, real-time casino platform.[1] Piche then built Eyeball Chat – an early instant messaging, Voice over IP, and video telephony service with over 7 million active users in 2012.[2]

Education

Chris Piche was born in Vancouver, Canada. He began programming computers at age 11, entered university at the age of 13, and later graduated in computer science from the University of British Columbia.

Career

Online multiplayer gaming

Beginning in 2000, Piche pioneered the technology behind online multiplayer gaming and formed a joint venture with Stanley Ho and Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) to create the first Internet-based, real-time casino platform.

Piche and Ho later defeated patent trolls in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada,[3] where Piche was awarded US$1,361,418.79 in fees, costs, and damages.[4]

Video telephony

Piche created Eyeball Chat, a popular instant messaging, Voice over IP, and video telephony service with over 7 million active users. Eyeball Chat was awarded as Best Communication Product of Internet World.[5]

In a joint venture with Nifty, a Japanese ISP and Fujitsu subsidiary, Piche created Eyeball Lite and Eyeball Pro, video telephony services for the Japanese market.[6] [7] [8]

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Piche was Canada's representative to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Information and Communications Technology Forum in Shanghai in 2001.[9]

Awards and recognition

Notes and References

  1. News: Vancouver computer whiz bets on venture with gambling tycoon. Stueck. Wendy. May 16, 2000. The Globe and Mail.
  2. Web site: Eyeball Networks connects millions of subscribers with patented technologies. Advantage Magazine. 2012. Karydes. Megy. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130112092101/http://advantagemagazine.ca:80/2012/eyeball-networks/ . January 12, 2013 .
  3. Web site: Just Deserts: Patent Troll Edition. Patent and Technology Law. July 21, 2014. live. Adler. Eric. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015140057/https://medium.com/patents-technology-law/patent-troll-comeuppance-cc554e7dd997 . October 15, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Home Gambling Network, Inc., etal VS Chris Piche, etal. Filing 408. JUSTIA. April 6, 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123154158/https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/nevada/nvdce/2:2005cv00610/20293/408 . November 23, 2018 .
  5. Web site: Best of Show Spring 2001 Awards. Internet World. July 17, 2001. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20010717145123/http://www.internetworld.com/misc/bos_spring_2001.php. 2001-07-17. November 6, 2018.
  6. Web site: @nifty、P2P型のビデオチャットサービス「EyeballパティオLite」. Broadband Watch. May 21, 2002. live. 祐樹. 甲斐. https://web.archive.org/web/20021230192248/http://bb.watch.impress.co.jp:80/news/2002/05/21/nifty.htm . December 30, 2002 .
  7. Web site: ニフティ、P2P型ビデオチャットサービスを開始. ASCII. May 21, 2002. live. 敏之. 田口. https://web.archive.org/web/20170616044705/http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/331/331056/index.html . June 16, 2017 .
  8. Web site: ニフティ、P2P型のビデオチャットサービス開始. ITMedia. May 21, 2002. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20040217165828/http://www.itmedia.co.jp:80/broadband/0205/21/nifty.html . February 17, 2004 .
  9. Web site: Executive Profile, Bloomberg. Bloomberg.
  10. News: THE GLOBE AND MAIL YOUNG LEADERS. The Globe and Mail. July 1, 2000. Mclaren. Leah.
  11. Web site: The complete list of Business in Vancouver's annual forty under 40 winners, from 1990-2011. Business in Vancouver. October 30, 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121201014907/http://issuu.com:80/bivmediagroup/docs/forty_under_40_winners_1990-2011 . December 1, 2012 .
  12. Web site: Speakers WebRTC Conference & Expo. WebRTC Expo. November 23, 2018. November 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123154222/http://www.webrtcexpo.com/east-14/speakers.aspx. dead.

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