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'''Norm Ritchie''' is Director of Engineering at [[Pool.com]].<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/cover060604.htm dnjournal]</ref> He is one of the seven [[TCR|Trusted Community Representatives]] of [[ICANN]] for holding the internet keys.<ref>[https://www.dnssec-deployment.org/index.php/2010/06/icann-names-trusted-community-representatives/ dnssec]</ref> With the help of these keys a master recovery key can be generated, which can literally reboot the internet. This step was taken to ensure the recovery of the Internet in case of a significant cyber-attack.<ref>[http://www.carib-is.net/news/gatekeeper-web carib-is]</ref>

Mr. Ritchie has been involved in the Internet industry for over 25 years. He is an expert product developer and manager of telecommunications and Internet applications, and he also is skilled in broadband networks, digital switching and data networks.<ref>[http://www.sector.ca/speakers2009.htm#Norm%20Ritchie sector]</ref>

==Career History==
In the past, Norm has served as Chief Information Officer at [[CIRA]], where he was responsible for all kinds of internet and computer operations management. He was also Vice President of Development at [[Momentous]] where he worked for three years. He was Vice President at NetActive.<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/norm-ritchie/2/927/819 linkedin]</ref>

==Events==
Norm has attended:
* [[ccTLD]] ICANN Meetings in Vancouver, Canada, held on 30 November to 4 December 2005.<ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/meetings/cctld/20051129.Vancouver-agenda.html wwtld]</ref>
* ICANN Sydney [[ccNSO]] meeting held on June 23, 2009.<ref>[http://www.syd.icann.org/files/meetings/sydney2009/presentation-conficker-panel-synopsis-24jun09-en.pdf icann]</ref>
* ICANN Seoul meetings held on 25 to 30 October, 2009.<ref>[http://sel.icann.org/node/6758 icann]</ref>
* ICANN meetings on 7 to 12 of March, 2010.<ref>[http://nbo.icann.org/node/7527/metadata icann]</ref>
* [[ICANN]] [[DNSSEC]] meeting held in June, 2010.<ref>[http://www.data.iana.org/ksk-ceremony/1/ceremony1-script.pdf iana]</ref>

Norm is expected to attend Internet systems consortium conferences in 2011.<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about/ISClive isc]</ref>

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