Adding to its all-star roster of engineering talent, Google has hired Vinton Cerf, often referred to as the ``father of the Internet.''
Cerf, who was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton in 1997, joins Google from MCI, where he is senior vice president of technology strategy.
Cerf's role at Google is unclear. But Google executives said they expect ``great things'' from the Internet pioneer.
``It's true Vint has broad interests, and exactly what he'll do, we'll see,'' said Bill Coughran, a vice president of engineering at Google.
Cerf, 62, will join Google in early October, along with his chief of staff from MCI. He'll work from his McLean, Va., home. But Coughran said he expected Cerf to make frequent visits to Google's Mountain View headquarters.
While at MCI for the past 11 years, much of Cerf's focus has been on public policy issues. In an interview, Cerf said he has hungered to return to developing applications.
``What I wanted was to turn my attention to a much higher level of applications, and Google offered me that,'' Cerf said.
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