Dave Horton | |
Full Name: | David C. Horton |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1960 |
Birth Place: | Massachusetts, United States of America |
Occupation: | IT consultant,[1] software developer |
School: | Amherst College[2] |
University: | University of Michigan[3] Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Clubs1: | University of Michigan RFC Boston RFC[4] |
Position: | Fly-half |
Repyears1: | 1986–87 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 9 |
David C. Horton (born 30 September 1960) is an American former international rugby union player and currently, software developer. He played as a fly-half.
His first cap for United States was against Canada on 8 November 1986, in Tucson. He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup US squad,[5] where he played the pool stage match against Australia at Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane.[6] His last international cap was during the match against Canada, in Victoria on 14 November 1987.[7] He also had an international cap for US Sevens in 1987 against Canada in 1987 as well.
After he ended his rugby union career, he worked for Ernst & Young in 1993 until 1995 as a management consultant, he then became the Vice President of Engineering for Open Development Corp four years before founding Pactolus Communications Software in 1999.[8] He created Drachtio,[9] an open-source VoIP framework for full-stack WebRTC and Jambonz, an open-source communication PaaS Jambonz for SIP.[10] [11]