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| Mr. Hinden, newly ISOC board chair: |
Software expert, Mr.
Robert Hinden has been elected the Internet Society (ISOC) Board of Trustees (BoT)
at its recent meeting in Berlin, Germany, to further champion its strategic direction in support of the organization’s mission of
preserving the open, global Internet.
Hinden,
is a Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software; a co-inventor of IPv6; a
member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Administrative Oversight
Committee (IAOC); and he co-chairs the IPv6 working group (6MAN) at the IETF.
Previously
at Nokia, he was a Nokia Fellow, Chief Internet Technologist at Nokia Networks,
and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at the Nokia Internet Protocol (IP) Routing
Group.
Responding on his election, Mr. Hinden said ISOC serves
a pivotal role in the world, with its vital work as a global leader on Internet
policy, technical, economic, and social matters, and as the organizational home
to the IETF.
“It
is a privilege to serve as the chair of the Board of this organization. We
have a very international Board, all united by a passion for ensuring the
Internet remains free and open for future generations,” he said.
However,
the Board expressed its appreciation to outgoing Chair Eva Frölich, who was the
first female Chair and provided tremendous leadership since being elected in
July 2012.
DigitalSENSE
Business News recalls that Ms Frolich joined the ISOC Board of Trustees in 2010
and served as Treasurer for the first two years.
For
her, it has been an honor to work with the Internet Society and to serve as
Chair during the past year, adding that the Internet Society is well-positioned
to continue to make an impact on the issues that are critical to the Internet’s
future development.
The BoT also appointed by the following groups:
Chapters, Organization Members, and the IETF. The results of the 2013 Board
elections were that the chapters re-elected Narelle Clark to a three-year
term; Organization Members re-elected Jason Livingood and elected new
Board member, Désirée Miloshevic,
both to three-year terms.
The
current members of the Internet Society Board of Trustees therefore are Alain
P. Aina, Managing Director at Technologies Reséaux & Solutions and Special
Projects Manager at AFRINIC (the Internet Address Registry for Africa); Eric
Burger, Research Professor of Computer Science, and Director, Security and
Software Engineering Research Center at Georgetown University; Narelle Clark,
Deputy CEO, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network; President of the
Internet Society Australian Chapter, Keith Davidson, International Director,
InternetNZ.
Equally, Mr. Raúl Echeberría, the Executive Director & CEO of LACNIC (the
Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean) was elected into the BoT alongside David Farber,
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy in the
School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Jason Livingood, Vice
President of Internet & Communications Engineering, Comcast; Désirée
Miloshevic, Senior Advisor, Public Policy and International Affairs, Afilias.
Other members of the board include Lynn St. Amour,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society; serves as
ex-officio and as a non-voting Trustee; Theresa Swinehart, Executive Director,
Global Internet Policy, Verizon Communications, Rudi Vansnick, President of
Internet Society Belgium, Bert Wijnen, Research engineer at RIPE-NCC in the
Netherlands
During
the meeting, the Board of Trustees re-elected Scott Bradner as Secretary. Mr.
Bradner has dedicated many years of outstanding service to the Internet
Society, serving on the Board of Trustees from 1993-1999 and as Secretary since
2003. The Board also re-elected Lynn St. Amour as President and Jason Livingood
as Treasurer.
“As
a global organization, we value the rich diversity and broad range of
perspectives of our Trustees,” said Lynn St. Amour, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Internet Society. “We deeply appreciate the Board’s commitment
to our Mission and their unwavering support of our vision of an Internet that
is open and accessible for everyone.”
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