Full name | David C. Horton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 September 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 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]