[dns-wg] DNS wg co-chair selection: candidates

+1 for Moritz as well

Petr Špaček


On 03. 11. 21 14:09, João Damas wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> The deadline for DNS WG co-chair candidate volunteering is now over.
> I am happy to announce that we have two great candidates.
> The period to express support for your preferred candidate(s) starts now and runs until November 24th 2021.
> Shane Kerr and myself, as continuing wg co-chairs hope to announce consensus at the DNS WG session during RIPE 83
> 
> Below find the candidate names and a few words from each
> 
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> Moritz Müller
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> Dear RIPE WG,
> 
> I would like to volunteer to become a DNS working group co-chair. As a
> frequent participant and an occasional presenter at this working group I
> would like to help making sure that the program of the working group meetings
> continues to stay interesting and relevant.
> 
> I'm working for the research department of the Dutch ccTLD operator SIDN for
> more than 6 years. There, amongst other topics, I have been studying
> different aspects of DNSSEC and domain name abuse. Also, I'm a guest
> researcher at the University of Twente in the Design and Analysis of
> Communication Systems group (DACS). I believe that my experience working in
> industry and academia will help me finding and selecting speakers that
> provide relevant and novel insights to the working group members. Please feel
> free to contact me in case of any questions or if you would like to get to
> know me a bit better.
> Email: moritz.muller at sidn.nl
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> Brett Carr
> ——————
> 
> Over the past 20 plus years I have worked with DNS holding a variety of industry related roles ranging from working for a global ISP to working at RIPE NCC (Leading the team who run K Root). I have also worked at ICANN (Assisting with the GTLD Programme) and for the last 13 years Nominet, helping to keep .uk safe and stable.
> 
> I have designed, deployed and managed DNS and DNSSEC implementations both small and large and have been responsible for designing and operating Nominet’s GTLD DNS/DNSSEC Platform which has now grown to operating 80 TLDs. I am an experienced leader having led various engineering teams across operations during my time at Nominet. I have and continue to enjoy playing an active role in the DNS Community, giving presentations at OARC, RIPE and ICANN amongst others. I’m currently serving as the Vice Chair of the CSC at ICANN, I am an active member of the ICANN TLD Ops steering committee and have been a member of the OARC PC for the past year.
> 
> I would relish the challenge of working with the other chairs to bring some fresh ideas to the DNS-WG.
> 
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> 
> Regards, see you soon,
> Joao on behalf of the DNS WG co-chairs