Dr. Rutherford is the director of RRX, a Canadian research company. He is the guru-to-know when it comes to on-edge computing and network research, including Risk Intelligence, Bayesian DNA and the Super Jumbo Frames project, a world first demonstrated on the floor at Supercomputing.

Notably the Rutherford family has been a major influence in Western Canada for well over a century, after playing a critical role in establishing the province of Alberta.