Dave Horton

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

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.

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Career

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

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]

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