 In 2014, William H. Dutton, founding director of the Oxford Internet Institute, became the director of the Quello Center.Prior to that, in August 1999, Steven S. Wildman became its first director, holding the endowed James H. Quello Chair for Telecommunication Studies, joined by Barbara A. Cherry as associate director and associate professor in the Department of Telecommunication.In 2001, Johannes M. Bauer, joined the center.