David Conrad

David Conrad

Co-founder, Partner & CTO at Layer 9 Technologies
Joined on October 15, 2005
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David Conrad is the co-founder of Layer 9 Technologies, an Internet technologies, governance, and policy consultancy, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, US. David has been involved in many aspects of the Internet since beginning his career in 1983 including protocol development and implementation, network operations, and the administration and governance of the Internet system of unique identifiers. Having been the founding Director General of APNIC, Executive Director of the Internet Software Consortium, co-founder of Nominum, Board of Directors Member of ARIN, General Manager of IANA, and CTO of ICANN, David has gained a deep understanding of the Internet governance landscape, the implementation and deployment of Internet protocols, and network operations and security. An entrepreneurial and driven C-level Executive, David has over 40 years of leading industry expertise building numerous companies in domestic and international marketplaces. He is a facilitator and builder of world-class technology research, management, and product development teams. On those rare occasions when he's not in an airplane, David lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California and serves at the pleasure of a fluffy St. Bernard/Old English Sheepdog rescue and an overly curious Red Footed Tortoise.

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2026 - Mar 10 on ICANN's Ultimate Demise?
2026 - Mar 04 on ICANN's Ultimate Demise?
2013 - Jul 27 on The Internet: Missing the Light
2012 - Jan 29 on IP Address Reputation Primer
2012 - Jan 27 on IP Address Reputation Primer
2012 - Jan 27 on IP Address Reputation Primer
2011 - Mar 22 on Whois Scared?
2011 - Mar 10 on Inquiring About the "Unthinkable"
2011 - Mar 10 on Inquiring About the "Unthinkable"
2011 - Mar 10 on Inquiring About the "Unthinkable"
2011 - Mar 04 on Whois Scared?
2011 - Feb 26 on Mubarak, Ben Ali, Kaddafi, ICANN: What They Have in Common Is Scary. Will They Share the Same Fate?
2010 - Oct 17 on Scrutinize ICANN's Thousand New-TLDs Limit
2010 - Sep 06 on DNS Clients Do Request DNSSEC Today
2010 - May 27 on The Digital Divide on IP Addresses
2010 - Feb 25 on OpenDNS Adopts Proposed DNS Security Solution: DNSCurve
2009 - Jun 23 on Why Not an Interim Step Until DNSSEC is Ready?
2009 - Jun 22 on Why Not an Interim Step Until DNSSEC is Ready?
2009 - Jun 21 on Why Not an Interim Step Until DNSSEC is Ready?
2009 - Jun 20 on Why Not an Interim Step Until DNSSEC is Ready?
2009 - Mar 21 on IANA: A Tale of Two Fails
2009 - Jan 08 on ICANN Should Pay Even More and Increase Its Spending Several Fold
2009 - Jan 07 on ICANN Should Pay Even More and Increase Its Spending Several Fold
2008 - Aug 09 on IPv6 Considered a Problem by Some Users
2008 - Aug 08 on IPv6 Considered a Problem by Some Users
2008 - Jul 17 on Not a Guessing Game
2008 - Jul 16 on Not a Guessing Game
2008 - May 20 on Identity Theft of Root Name Servers, Reason Unknown
2007 - Dec 14 on DNSSEC: Once More, With Feeling!
2007 - Dec 14 on DNSSEC: Once More, With Feeling!
2007 - Aug 14 on The Case Against DNSSEC
2006 - Dec 30 on Where Do Country Code Domain Names Go to Die?
2006 - Dec 18 on Where Do Country Code Domain Names Go to Die?
2006 - Dec 15 on Where Do Country Code Domain Names Go to Die?
2005 - Oct 15 on A Further Look Into ORSN

Topic Interests

Policy & Regulation ,  Internet Governance ,  Artificial Intelligence ,  DNS ,  New TLDs ,  ICANN ,  Domain Names ,  Regional Registries ,  DNS Security ,  Cybersecurity ,  Cyberattack ,  Cybercrime ,  Threat Intelligence ,  IPv4 Markets ,  Enum ,  Telecom ,  IPv6 Transition ,  DDoS Attack ,  Multilingualism ,  Whois ,  Registry Services ,  Spam ,  Email ,  Broadband ,  Access Providers ,  Networks , 

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