Daniel C. Lynch

{{Short description|American computer network engineer}}

Daniel Courtney Lynch (August 16, 1941{{snd}}March 30, 2024) was an American computer network engineer.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/technology/daniel-c-lynch-dead.html | title=Daniel C. Lynch, Founder of Major Computer Exhibition, Dies at 82 | work=The New York Times | date=31 March 2024 | last1=Hafner | first1=Katie }} He worked at the University of California's Information Sciences Institute (ISI). In 1986, he established the first conference dedicated to the emerging Internet which evolved into the annual Interop conference.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Michael |title=30 Years of Interop: The Importance of Making It All Work Together |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/30-years-of-interop-the-importance-of-making-it-all-work-together |access-date=2 April 2024 |publisher=PCMag |date=April 27, 2016}}

He cofounded one of the first online payment companies, CyberCash, in 1994.{{cite news |last1=Corcoran |first1=Elizabeth |title=CYBERCASH STOCK TAKES A WILD RIDE -- UP |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/02/24/cybercash-stock-takes-a-wild-ride-up/5b0b001d-af01-4c83-b9b8-53fa93569dec/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 23, 1996}}

In 2019, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.{{cite web | url=https://www.internethalloffame.org/2021/04/19/dan-lynchs-love-brilliant-complexity-fuels-early-internet-development-growth/ | title=Dan Lynch's Love of 'Brilliant Complexity' Fuels Early Internet Development | date=19 April 2021 }}