Chris Piche

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

Chris Piche
Born1973
Vancouver, Canada
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Occupation
  • Computer scientist
  • entrepreneur
Years active2000 - present
Notable work
Creator of the STUN, TURN, and ICE, NAT traversal protocols
Awards
  • Canada’s Top Young Leader
  • Top 40 under 40
  • Best of Internet World
  • EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist

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]

Piche is recognised as the creator of the STUN, TURN, and ICE, NAT traversal protocols which enable peer-to-peer networking, file sharing, and Voice over IP.[3][4]

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.[1]

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.[1]

Piche and Ho later defeated patent trolls in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada,[5] where Piche was awarded $1,361,418.79 USD in fees, costs, and damages.[6]

Video telephony

Piche created Eyeball Chat, a popular instant messaging, Voice over IP, and video telephony service with over 7 million active users.[2] Eyeball Chat was awarded as Best Communication Product of Internet World.[7]

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.[8][9][10]

Peer-to-peer networking

Piche is recognised as the creator of the STUN, TURN, and ICE, NAT traversal protocols which enable peer-to-peer networking, file sharing, and Voice over IP.[3][4]

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.[11]

Awards and recognition

References
  1. Stueck, Wendy (May 16, 2000). "Vancouver computer whiz bets on venture with gambling tycoon". The Globe and Mail.
  2. Karydes, Megy (2012). "Eyeball Networks connects millions of subscribers with patented technologies". Advantage Magazine.
  3. "Eyeball Networks' AnyFirewall Version 10 Brings Guaranteed STUN/TURN/ICE Connectivity to IPv6 Networks and Devices". Taiwan News. May 23, 2014.
  4. US patent US20040095937A1, Christopher Piche; David Everett Marwood & Michael Chung, "Method and apparatus to permit data transmission to traverse firewalls", published May 20, 2004, issued October 13, 2009, assigned to Christopher Piche, Md. Shahbadatullah Khan, David Everett Marwood, Michael Chung and ANYCONNECT PRIVATE LIMITED, SINGAPORE
  5. Adler, Eric (July 21, 2014). "Just Deserts: Patent Troll Edition". Patent and Technology Law.
  6. "Home Gambling Network, Inc., etal VS Chris Piche, etal. Filing 408". JUSTIA. April 6, 2015.
  7. "Best of Show Spring 2001 Awards". Internet World. July 17, 2001. Archived from the original on 2002. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  8. 祐樹, 甲斐 (May 21, 2002). "@nifty、P2P型のビデオチャットサービス「EyeballパティオLite」". Broadband Watch.
  9. 敏之, 田口 (May 21, 2002). "ニフティ、P2P型ビデオチャットサービスを開始". ASCII.
  10. "ニフティ、P2P型のビデオチャットサービス開始". ITMedia. May 21, 2002.
  11. "Executive Profile, Bloomberg". Bloomberg.
  12. Mclaren, Leah (July 1, 2000). "THE GLOBE AND MAIL YOUNG LEADERS". The Globe and Mail.
  13. "The complete list of Business in Vancouver's annual forty under 40 winners, from 1990-2011". Business in Vancouver. October 30, 2012.
  14. "Speakers | WebRTC Conference & Expo". WebRTC Expo.
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