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== Career History ==
Narten has been an active contributor in the [[IETF]] since 1995, co-authoring 10 [[RFC]]'s, which include [[IPv6]] specifications. He was an IEFT Area Director for the Internet from 1997 to 2005. He has been a participant in the establishment of IPv6 address policy in the [[RIR]] community since 2001. He also helped in developing RFC 3177, "[[IAB]]/[[IESG]] Recommmendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites," which served as input to the RIR discussions. He takes part in the public policy discussions in the [[APNIC]], [[ARIN]] and [[RIPE]] regions. Thomas was a major participant in the process that produced the globally coordinated IPv6 address policy adopted by each of the RIRs in 2002.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/narten.html icann.org]</ref>

Before joining IMB, Narten was on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at SUNY-Albany.<ref>[http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/ResearchPrograms/DualCareer/Solo%20Hire.pdf stanford.edu]</ref>