Confirmed Nominees for Representatives to the ASO Address Council 2004 - RIPE NCC Service Region

Candidate Statement

Name of Nominee:

Name of Nominee: Jordi Palet Martinez
Country of Residence: Spain
Organisation: Consulintel
E-mail Address: jordi.palet@consulintel.es

Postal Address:

San Jose Artesano, 1
28108
Alcobendas
Madrid
Spain

Biographical Information:

Jordi Palet Martinez has been working in computers, networking and the telecom business during the last 25 years. His experience includes programming in several languages, open systems, electronic and microcomputer circuit design, consultancy and network design and implementation, among others. He has been related to technical, marketing and product management in several companies, and is currently working as CEO/CTO at Consulintel, Madrid.

He has been involved in the IPv6 Forum, as chair of the Education & Awareness Working Group, since the Forum foundation, and is member of the Tech Directorate. Jordi is also a member of the IPv6 Logo Committee, responsible for the "IPv6 Ready" Program.

Jordi frequently writes articles, white papers, and presentations about most of the high end technologies. These documents have been published by several specialized magazines and other media, in both Spanish and English. He is a frequent lecturer and speaker in several Universities and events (Spain and Rest of the World), mainly about IPv6 and Next Generation Networks related issues (QoS, multicast, security, mobility, .), including complete tutorials. In the last three years, he has presented over 150 times.

Jordi is an active member of non-profit organizations for the dissemination of technologies and telecommunications/Internet. He is an active member and founder of the European IPv6 Task Force, Spanish IPv6 Task Force, and the IPv6 Task Force Steering Committee. He is also co-operating in several European and world-wide IPv6 Task Forces and similar bodies. He was a member of the Steering Committee at @asLAN, for several years, and then elected Vice-President and President.

Jordi has had involvement in several R&D projects and was the designer of Euro6IX, mainly responsible for the proposal preparation and further negotiation with the EC, and is the Scientific Project Coordinator. He is also heavily involved in other EC IST projects, including 6POWER (where he is also the Scientific Coordinator), 6QM, Eurov6, IPv6 TF-SC, 6LINK and the IPv6 Cluster. Jordi regularly participates in standardization activities, mainly in the IETF, with frequent contributions and Internet Drafts regarding IPv6 deployment/operations, transition, QoS and security, among others.

Motivation for Nomination:

"I would like to support the community in the ASO related tasks. One of my main interests is the success in the global deployment of IPv6, and consequently I am involved in lots of related activities, including policy, standardization, research & development, benchmarking and deployment in customer networks, without forgetting the awareness and dissemination activities.

The ASO activities regarding policy development and advice to ICANN, and specially the open question regarding Internet governance are very important topics in order to ensure the adequate, open, balanced and democratic continuation of the Internet, the development of the information society at a global scale, and facilitating the bridging of the digital divide. Those topics are of strategic importance for the health of the Internet and for providing a fair access to the knowledge for the entire world."

Expressions of Support:

• Tim Chown - University of Southampton <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk>

I have known Jordi for at least 4 years and believe he would be an excellent choice for this role. He has good insight into the issues, and is very knowledgeable and proactive in new areas in particular with IPv6. As an employee of an SME, I believe his interests are relatively "neutral" and this would help with the objectivity required by this role.

• Latif Ladid - President, IPv6 Forum, Chair European IPv6 Task Force, ISOC Trustee <latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com>

Jordi is a highly active member of the IPv6 Forum since inception. He is also one of the founding members of the European IPv6 Task Force and worked closely with RIPE to smoothen worldwide cooperation in view of the roll-out of IPv6 around the globe. Jordi has championed a lot of IPv6 strategic research projects like Euro6IX with great recognition among the research and academia. Jordi is also a pragmatic businessman and a dedicated objective-oriented dependable projects initiator. Highly energetic and unsatiable drive to fix the unfixable. I highly recommend him for the ASO 2004. Jordi would be a great asset to your organisation. My words of honor for him!

• Soohong Daniel Park - Samsung Electronics <soohong.park@samsung.com>

I would like to add an expression of support for Jordi Palet Martinez as he has had an energitic play on the IPv6 world.

• Md. Anishur Rahman - Systems Director of SPEEDNET <anis@speedbd.net>

Jordi is a very highly and energetic active member of the IPv6 Forum. I am highly recommending him for the ASO 2004. Jordi would be a great asset for the organisation.

• Robson Oliveira - IPv6 do Brasil Corporate <oliveira@ipv6dobrasil.com>

Jordi has the highest understanding of Internet standards and is an IETF member tasked with many actions.

• José Fernandes - Director General of FCCN (Foundation for National Scientific Computing), member of European IPv6 Task Force <jose.fernandes@fccn.pt>

Jordi Palet is a very active member of the IPv6 Forum and in most activities related to IPv6. He is one of the founding members of the European IPv6 Task Force and worked closely with RIPE to improve the worldwide cooperation in view of the roll-out of IPv6 around the world.

Jordi has been participating in several IPv6 strategic research projects, like Euro6IX and has a very proactive approach with a great work capacity. I highly recommend him for the ASO 2004. Jordi would be a great asset to your organisation. My words of honor for him!

• Antonio F. Gomez Skarmeta - University of Murcia, Spain <skarmeta@dif.um.es>

Jordi Palet has been an active member of the IPv6 community, participating in different highly relevant projects not only related to the deployment of IPv6 but in general in ICT development. His level of expertise and knowledge in the area of computer communications and its business, due to his several years of work in this area, could be of great interest to the Council.

• Scott Moseley - Farbum Scotus (consultant, prime contractor to ETSI) <samoseley@compuserve.com>

Jordi is indefatigable, expert in his field, and devoted to his work. His professionalism, team spirit, and business sense would be valuable to any organisation. He has already received awards for his contributions for technological and business progress. Very highly recommended.

• Jim Bound - IPv6 Forum Chief Technology Officer, Chair North American IPv6 Task Force, HP Fellow <Jim.Bound@nav6tf.org>

I would like to support Jordi Palet being representative to the RIPE NCC ASO council. Jordi's technology, business, and systems integration expertise regarding IPv6 would benefit RIPE well and provide a technologist within the ranks that would reap rewards for RIPE as an important entity within the Internet and the Internet Community at Large.

• Glauber Coelho - IPv6 do Brasil Corp. <glauber.coelho@ipv6dobrasil.com>

Jordi has a notable technical capacity and a very good vision of the market. For these and others reasons, I wold like to add my expression of support.

• Geof Lambert - SAIA_sacramento association of IPv6 adopters, North American IPv6 Task Force, International Fellowship of Rotarians United to Bridge the Digital Divide, Maxson Group, LLC. <geof@geoflambert.com>

As the president and chairman of the SAIA_sacramento association of IPv6 adopters, and part of the NAv6TF, I would like to add an expression of support for Jordi Palet Martinez as he has devoted tireless energy to the IPv6 world.

• Kerry Hu - Boeing <Kerry.hu@boeing.com>

Jordi is an active member in the IPv6 community and contributed tremendous time and effort to push IPv6 forward. He has great knowledge and skills that help many others to learn and practice the new technology.

• Enrique Areizaga - ROBOTIKER-TELECOM <enrique@robotiker.es>

For the last years, Jordi Palet has been a name of reference when dealing with IPv6 issues. He is very proactive and has managed to make all the scientific community stand up and work on IPv6. He is not only present in the international foras but also at national level which is very much appreciated.

• Olaf Bonness - T-Systems International GmbH <olaf.bonness@t-systems.com>

Jordi is one of the most efficient and active parts of the IPv6 community in Europa. He has an outstanding knowledge of Internet technology as well as of Internet standards and organisations and is a big win for every project and organisation. That is why I highly recommend Jordi for the ASO.

• Enrico Albertin - IPv6 Italian Task Force - HPS Solution Architect <enrico.albertin@hp.com>

I would like to support Jordi Palet being a representative to the RIPE NCC ASO council. Jordi has great passion and exepertise on technology and business and can greatly help RIPE. Jordi is well known in the IPv6 Community for his knowledge, competence and readiness to support. For these reasons I wish to give my expression of support.

• Igor V. Alekseev - Yaroslavl State University, Russian Federation <aiv@yars.free.net>

Jordi is one of the most energetic people I know. His work in the area of promoting IPv6 is widely known and appreciated.

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