IBM Distinquished Engineer Brian Carpenter to Chair IETF

Former Chairman of the Internet Society to lead Internet standards body

Reston, VA - 3rd March 2005 - The Internet Society (ISOC) today announced that the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) has confirmed IBM Distinguished Engineer Brian E. Carpenter to be the next Chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF, which has provided leadership in the development of Internet standards for nearly 20 years, is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.

Brian Carpenter is among the industry's most respected Internet computer scientists and a former Chair of the Internet Architecture Board. He is renowned for Internet standards and technology leadership.

Carpenter will also chair the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), the body responsible for managing the Internet standards process, including the final approval of specifications as Internet standards. IESG is composed of the IETF area directors that coordinate the worldwide activities of over 100 technical working groups.

"The IETF has consistently shown how open consensus-based processes can work to define the technical foundation and stability of the Internet infrastructure," said Carpenter. "My goal as IETF Chair is that these processes continue to improve, in collaboration with other standards bodies, so as to extend the level playing field of open standards in the interests of the whole Internet community."

Carpenter takes over from outgoing IETF Chair Harald Alvestrand during the 62nd IETF meeting to be held 6th to 11th March in Minneapolis, MN. "I am happy to leave the great work of leading the IETF in Brian's capable hands, and will enjoy seeing the IETF develop further under his leadership," said Alvestrand.

"Brian's unrivalled experience coupled with the enormous respect he commands amongst the Internet commmunity make him an ideal choice for the position of IETF Chair," said Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society which serves as the organizational home of the IETF.

An IBM Distinguished Engineer in the area of Internet Standards and Technology, Carpenter is currently based in Switzerland, working on networking and Grid technology. From 1999 to 2001 he was at iCAIR, the international Center for Advanced Internet Research, sponsored by IBM at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Before joining IBM, he led the networking group at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1985 to

1996. This followed ten years' experience in software for process control systems at CERN, which was interrupted by three years teaching undergraduate computer science at Massey University in New Zealand.

He holds a first degree in physics and a Ph.D. in computer science, and is a Chartered Engineer (UK) and a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. He is an active participant in the 6NET project, in the Global Grid Forum, and in the Internet Engineering Task Force, where he has worked on IPv6 and on Differentiated Services. He is also working with the CERN Openlab for Datagrid Applications. He served from March 1994 to March 2002 on the Internet Architecture Board, which he chaired for five years. He also served as a Trustee of the Internet Society, and was Chairman of its Board of Trustees for two years until June 2002.

ABOUT ISOC

The Internet Society

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is a not-for-profit membership organization that provides leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. ISOC is the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other Internet-related bodies who together play a critical role in ensuring that the Internet develops in a stable and open manner. For over 13 years ISOC has run international network training programs for developing countries and these have played a vital role in setting up the Internet connections and networks in virtually every country connecting to the Internet during this time.

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