David C. Horton (born 30 September 1960) is an American former international rugby union player and currently, software developer. He played as a fly-half.

Dave Horton
Full nameDavid C. Horton
Date of birth (1960-09-30) 30 September 1960 (age 64)
Place of birthMassachusetts, United States of America
SchoolAmherst College[1]
UniversityUniversity of Michigan[2]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)IT consultant,[3] software developer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
University of Michigan RFC
Boston RFC[4]
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International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986–87 United States 3 (9)

Career

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His first cap for United States was against Canada on 8 November 1986, in Tucson. He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup US squad,[5] where he played the pool stage match against Australia at Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane.[6] His last international cap was during the match against Canada, in Victoria on 14 November 1987.[7] He also had an international cap for US Sevens in 1987 against Canada in 1987 as well.

After career

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After he ended his rugby union career, he worked for Ernst & Young in 1993 until 1995 as a management consultant, he then became the Vice President of Engineering for Open Development Corp four years before founding Pactolus Communications Software in 1999.[8] He created Drachtio,[9] an open-source VoIP framework for full-stack WebRTC and Jambonz, an open-source communication PaaS Jambonz for SIP.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Dave Horton profile at LinkedIn".
  2. ^ "Individual Honors". University of Michigan Rugby. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ^ Quayle, Alan (2023-10-13). "TADSummit Podcast Episode 7". Blog @ Telecom Application Developer Summit (TADS). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ^ "INTERNATIONAL HONORS". Boston Rugby. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  5. ^ "テキスト / Test Match No. 93: The 1st Rugby World Cup (New Zealand and Australia), game 1". adeac.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  6. ^ Day, Ryan. "USA Rugby World Cup History Part 2: Eagles vs Australia 1987 - Rugby Wrap Up". rugbywrapup.com. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  7. ^ "David Horton". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  8. ^ "David C. Horton: posizioni, relazioni & contatti - MarketScreener". it.marketscreener.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  9. ^ Quayle, Alan (2023-05-18). "CXTech Week 20 2023 News and Analysis". Alan Quayle Business and Service Development. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  10. ^ AJ (2021-09-14). "Get up and running with jambonz CPaaS and TCXC at TADHack 2021". TCXC Blog. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  11. ^ "Dave Horton – drachtio – ClueCon Developers Conference – VoIP / WebRTC / Telecom". 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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