Robert Vietzke

Internet2 is a non-profit, member-driven advanced technology community founded by the nation's leading higher education institutions in 1996. The private company is based in Ann Arbor, MI and has subsidiaries in the United States. Internet2 serves 333 universities, 58 government agencies, 46 regional and state education networks, and through them supports more than 80,000 community anchor institutions, over 1,000 incommon participants, 57 leading corporations working with their community, and 70 national research and education network operators that represent more than 100 countries. Internet2 delivers a diverse portfolio of technology solutions that leverages, integrates, and amplifies the strengths of its members and helps support their educational, research, and community service missions. Internet2's core infrastructure components include the nation's largest and fastest research and education network that was built to deliver advanced, customized services that are accessed and secured by the community-developed trust and identity framework.