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He founded PIR in 2002 and held the position of its Chairman till 2004.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/archive/David%20W%20Maher%20Joins.pdf pir.org]</ref> For 20 years, he worked as a General Counsel at the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois Inc. He served on 11-member  [[IAHC|International Ad Hoc Committee]] in 1996. In 1997, he became chairman of the Policy Oversight Committee.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ circleid.com]</ref> He has been the VP of Public Policy at [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/dotorg/10-8.shtml isoc.org]</ref>

He founded PIR in 2002 and held the position of its Chairman till 2004.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/archive/David%20W%20Maher%20Joins.pdf pir.org]</ref> For 20 years, he worked as a General Counsel at the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois Inc. He served on 11-member  [[IAHC|International Ad Hoc Committee]] in 1996. In 1997, he became chairman of the Policy Oversight Committee.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1867/ circleid.com]</ref> He has been the VP of Public Policy at [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/dotorg/10-8.shtml isoc.org]</ref>

In 2011, he gave a speech titled [http://pir.org/pdf/slippery_slope.pdf The Slippery Slope] at the [[ICANN Studienkreis]] #11

In 2011, he gave a speech titled [http://pir.org/pdf/slippery_slope.pdf The Slippery Slope] at the [[ICANN Studienkreis]] #11. He was a panelist at "IP Address Allocation: Do wee need a Dual System?" panel at ICANN Studienkreis in 2005.<ref>[http://www.icann-studienkreis.net/conf/brussels2005/program.html icann-studienkreirs.net]</ref>

He was a panelist at "IP Address Allocation: Do wee need a Dual System?" panel at ICANN Studienkreis in 2005.<ref>[http://www.icann-studienkreis.net/conf/brussels2005/program.html icann-studienkreirs.net]</ref>

== Awards and Honors ==

== Awards and Honors ==