Netnod appoints three new board members

Netnod welcomes Karen Rose, Christian Kaufmann and Mathieu Weil to its board

Netnod is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its board: Karen Rose, Christian Kaufmann and Mathieu Weil.

"These three new appointments bring a broader industry perspective to the board, and extensive management experience. Their involvement will further strengthen the board's position to continue Netnod's growth and improve the services delivered to Netnod users" says Maria Häll,  chair of the board for the TU Foundation, the owner of Netnod.

"Netnod is in a period of strong growth, and with these appointments I believe we have a very strong team on board. They are all visionaries and leaders in the industry, and I look forward to working with them on the future strategy and direction for Netnod" says Kurt Erik Lindqvist, the CEO of Netnod.

The three new members will join the Netnod board at the end of June, bringing the total number of board members to nine.

About Netnod

Netnod is a non-profit, neutral and independent Internet infrastructure organisation based in Sweden. Netnod is owned by the foundation TU-stiftelsen (Stiftelsen för Telematikens utveckling). Netnod operates five Internet exchange points (IXPs) in six different cities in Sweden and Denmark, where Internet operators can connect and exchange traffic (peer). The Netnod IX has among the highest amount of traffic per peer in Europe and is fully IPv6 enabled.

Netnod also manages a variety of DNS services. Netnod provides anycast and unicast slave service to TLDs worldwide through its highly respected DNSNODE product.

Netnod is the proud operator of i.root-servers.net, one of the 13 logical DNS root name servers in the world. This service is provided as a public service to the Internet community at-large, as part of Netnods goal to work for the Good of the Internet.

About the new board members 

Karen Rose is Senior Director of Strategic Development and Business Planning at the Internet Society, where her work focuses on organisational strategy and business issues.  For the past 7 years Karen has been responsible for developing strategic programmes aimed at expanding Internet infrastructure, access, and related capacities around the world.  Karen has been active across Internet technology, policy, and development for nearly 20 years, including prior roles in Internet start-ups, government, and management consulting.  Among her accomplishments, she created and led the Internet Society’s programme on Internet interconnection and traffic exchange in emerging economies, which fostered increased peering and Internet exchange point development in Africa and Latin America.  During her tenure in government, she was co-author of the U.S. statement of policy that introduced global competition in domain name services and led to the creation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).  She holds an MBA from the University of Auckland (NZ), an MA in Telecommunications Science, Management and Policy from Northwestern University (USA), and a BA in media from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA).

 

Christian Kaufmann is Director of Network Services at Akamai Technologies, a leading provider of Cloud Services. He heads the Network Service Department which is responsible for peering, capacity planning and the architecture of the Akamai Network. Christian also currently serves as RIPE MAT WG co-chair and as a RIPE NCC Executive Board Member. Having operated the INXS in Munich, co-founded the FranceIX in Paris, and served as the Chairman of the AMS-IX Executive Board in Amsterdam, Christian has extensive IX experience. Before joining Akamai, Christian was Peering Manager at TeliaSonera, and Technical Operations Manager at Cable & Wireless. Christian received a Master of Science in Advanced Networking from the Open University in the UK. He also holds various technical certifications, including both a CCIE & JCNIE.

 

Mathieu Weil is a Telecommunications Engineer and graduate from Ecole Polytechnique. He is currently the CEO of AFNIC, the registry of the database of .fr (France) and .re (Reunion Island) Internet domain names. AFNIC is a non-profit organisation employing more than 70 people and managing more than 2 500 000 domains. He has been involved for close to 15 years in the changes induced by the Internet across the economy. From 2008 to 2012, he was a member of the Board of CENTR, the professional association of european top level domain managers. He was elected Chair of CENTR in 2010.