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Johan "Julf" Helsingius, A Swedish-speaking Finn living in Amsterdam, is an European Internet pioneer, serial entrepreneur and privacy activist.
He served as Nominating Committee Applointee to the GNSO Non-contracted Parties House from 2015 to 2017. He is currently the GNSO liaison to the GAC, and vice chair for GNSO Standing Selection Committee.
Julf is also co-chair for the RIPE co-operation working group.
==Career History==
* 1984-1989 Oy Penetron Ab, Helsinki, Finland
* 1991-1992 Oy Penetic Ab, Helsinki, Finland
*:CEO and principal owner of Open Systems consulting and training company
*:Member of IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (POSIX) standardisation committee for Portable Operating System Interface
*Co-founder and chairman of Finnish UNIX Users Group
*:Member of management board, European UNIX User Group / EurOpen
*Managed the UUCP/USENET node for Finland
*1992-1996 EUnet Finland Oy, Helsinki, Finland
*:Managing Director/CEO. Responsible for starting up the first commercial Internet Service Provider in Finland
*:Founder of Finnish Internet Exchange
*:Responsible for developing first pan-European dial-up roaming Internet Access system (EUnet Traveller (1993))
*:Participated in setting up network connectivity to the former Soviet Union
*1993-1996 Penet Remailer
*:Implemented and operated one of the most widely-known and popular e-mail-based pseudonym servers, anon.penet.fi
*1996-1998 EUnet International BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*:Director of Product Development, Member of Management Team
*:Responsible for product research & development at first Pan-European Internet Service Provider, with operations in 14 countries.
*1997 EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Pioneer Award
*1998-2001 KPNQwest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*:Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President
*:Responsible for technology strategy, research and product development at global networking infrastructure and service company formed by Qwest Communications (Denver, Colorado) and KPN (Netherlands)
*2001-2009 Founding Member of the Board, [https://www.bof.nl/ Bits of Freedom], Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*2002-2007 Founding Member of the Board, Bridges.org, Washington, DC & Cape Town, South Africa
*2002-2004 Member of the Board, Viola Systems Oy, Helsinki, Finland
*2004-2015 Chairman of the Board, Viola Systems Oy, Helsinki, Finland
*2014-2016 Member of the Board, [http://technologia-incognita.nl/ Technologia Incognita]
*2002-present Member of the Board, [https://www.basen.net BaseN Networks Oy], Helsinki, Finland
==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation==
Served as Nominating Committee Applointee to the GNSO Non-contracted Parties House from 2015 to 2017.
Currently the GNSO liaison to the GAC.
Vice chair for GNSO Standing Selection Committee.
Co-chair for the RIPE co-operation working group.
Member of Accountability WS2 working groups on Transparency, Staff Accountability, SO/AC Accountability and Good Faith Conduct
==Education==
* 1979-1986 Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University)
==Publications==
==Awards==
*1997 EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Pioneer Award
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|caricature=Johan "Julf" HelsingiusComing1.png
|organization=BaseN
|jobtitle=Chairman of the Board
|born=04/03/1961
|gender=Male
|region=Europe
|country=Netherlands
|stakeholdergroup=Civil Society/Non-Governmental, Private Sector - General Business/Legal, Technical Community
|affiliation=GNSO
|email=julf@julf.com
|newsletter=Subscribe to our Newsletter
|facebook=https://www.facebook.com/Julf.Helsingius
|linkedin=https://www.linkedin.com/in/julfhelsingius/
|twitter=julfmobile
}}
Johan "Julf" Helsingius, A Swedish-speaking Finn living in Amsterdam, is an European Internet pioneer, serial entrepreneur and privacy activist.
He served as Nominating Committee Applointee to the GNSO Non-contracted Parties House from 2015 to 2017. He is currently the GNSO liaison to the GAC, and vice chair for GNSO Standing Selection Committee.
Julf is also co-chair for the RIPE co-operation working group.
==Career History==
* 1984-1989 Oy Penetron Ab, Helsinki, Finland
* 1991-1992 Oy Penetic Ab, Helsinki, Finland
*:CEO and principal owner of Open Systems consulting and training company
*:Member of IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (POSIX) standardisation committee for Portable Operating System Interface
*Co-founder and chairman of Finnish UNIX Users Group
*:Member of management board, European UNIX User Group / EurOpen
*Managed the UUCP/USENET node for Finland
*1992-1996 EUnet Finland Oy, Helsinki, Finland
*:Managing Director/CEO. Responsible for starting up the first commercial Internet Service Provider in Finland
*:Founder of Finnish Internet Exchange
*:Responsible for developing first pan-European dial-up roaming Internet Access system (EUnet Traveller (1993))
*:Participated in setting up network connectivity to the former Soviet Union
*1993-1996 Penet Remailer
*:Implemented and operated one of the most widely-known and popular e-mail-based pseudonym servers, anon.penet.fi
*1996-1998 EUnet International BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*:Director of Product Development, Member of Management Team
*:Responsible for product research & development at first Pan-European Internet Service Provider, with operations in 14 countries.
*1997 EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Pioneer Award
*1998-2001 KPNQwest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*:Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President
*:Responsible for technology strategy, research and product development at global networking infrastructure and service company formed by Qwest Communications (Denver, Colorado) and KPN (Netherlands)
*2001-2009 Founding Member of the Board, [https://www.bof.nl/ Bits of Freedom], Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*2002-2007 Founding Member of the Board, Bridges.org, Washington, DC & Cape Town, South Africa
*2002-2004 Member of the Board, Viola Systems Oy, Helsinki, Finland
*2004-2015 Chairman of the Board, Viola Systems Oy, Helsinki, Finland
*2014-2016 Member of the Board, [http://technologia-incognita.nl/ Technologia Incognita]
*2002-present Member of the Board, [https://www.basen.net BaseN Networks Oy], Helsinki, Finland
==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation==
Served as Nominating Committee Applointee to the GNSO Non-contracted Parties House from 2015 to 2017.
Currently the GNSO liaison to the GAC.
Vice chair for GNSO Standing Selection Committee.
Co-chair for the RIPE co-operation working group.
Member of Accountability WS2 working groups on Transparency, Staff Accountability, SO/AC Accountability and Good Faith Conduct
==Education==
* 1979-1986 Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University)
==Publications==
==Awards==
*1997 EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Pioneer Award