Member Profile: W. Joseph King

Username: jking

Contact: jking@nitle.org

Affiliation: NITLE

Preferred Language: English

Alternative Languages: Spanish

Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Biography:

W. Joseph King is executive director of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education and vice president for innovation at Southwestern University. Previously, he was the executive director of Connexions. In addition to his work in higher education, Dr. King is a serial entrepreneur. He was president of QOOP, a social commerce platform. He was president of Zama Networks, a quality of service internet backbone acquired by Mitsui & Co. He was also chief scientist of F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV), which has become the industry leader in network traffic management. He was a research scientist at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory of the University of Washington, and he has conducted research at Hughes Research Laboratories, GTE Telecommunications Research, and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute. He is on the board of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, chairman of Rice University Press, and board member of Connexions. He holds a B.A. with honors from Southwestern University and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.