Jerry Sobieski is currently co-Principle Investigator on the BRIDGES Project at George Mason University in the US (along with East Carolina University).   BRIDGES is a US National Science Foundation funded program constructing a high performance 100Gbps intercontinental network spanning the Atlantic Ocean to support advanced network and distributed e-science applications among collaborating researchers in the US and Europe.  

Prior to this role at GMU and BRIDGES, he worked with Nordic Universities Network (NORDUnet, Copenhagen) as Director of International Research.   He served as Activity Leader in the GEANT Project to develop the GEANT Testbed Service – an advanced virtualized service architecture for constructing experimental networks across Europe.   

Prior to his work in Europe, he was Director of Research at the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads in the Washington DC region.  

He has led or participated in a number of collaborative international efforts including: The specification the Network Service Interface protocol standard (NSI) working group; the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF) consortium, the GLIF Automated Open Lightpath Exchange initiative “AutoGOLE” (an international networking testbed spanning multiple continents), and development efforts for ITU protocol standards.