Interview with Geoff Thompson Geoff Thompson has been part of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group since 1983, and he chaired it from 1993 until 2002, a period in which standards innovations such as 1000-BASE-T and Gigabit Ethernet “effectively cemented Ethernet as the top dog in wired LANs (local area networks).” But his connection with … Continue reading VOE-Geoff Thompson