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'''Garth Bruen''' is the Owner of [[KnujOn]], which sees him focusing on anti-spam efforts. The name of the company is "No Junk" spelt backwards. He is also a member of various anti-spam and cyber crime organizations, such as the [[APWG|Anti-Phishing Working Group]] (APWG), [[HTCIA]], and [[Infragard]].
'''Garth Bruen''' is the Owner of Knujon. He is also a member at [[APWG]] and HTCIA. He is also a member at Infragard. In his project Knujon, he has done a lot of work to take down websites run by spammers.<ref>[http://www.macworld.com/article/59673/2007/08/spam.html Spam fighters hit criminals' weak spot]</ref>


== Career History ==
His anti-spam efforts are largely focused on shutting down the spammers websites through coordinating with their [[ISP]]s and [[registrar]]s, not on filtering or blocking, which he sees as options that effectively ignore rather than solve the problem. KnujOn has shut down more than 30,000 spam sites, and has been aided in this by Internet users who forward the organization their junk mail. The junk mail is used to create a database that links sites to known spammers.<ref>[http://www.macworld.com/article/59673/2007/08/spam.html Spam fighters hit criminals' weak spot]</ref>
Mr. Bruen was the At-Large Representative from North America at the [[ICANN 42]]. From 1998-2011, he was the Enterprise Content and Project Manager at the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. He has worked in different industries including programming, policy development, private security and banking. In 2005, he provided 2 Month of Freelance Coding Assistance at the Department of Defense/US Navy. He was the Computer Operations Coordinator at Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency from 1998-2000. Prior to which, he was an IT Manager at David P. Ehrlich Company. He has also been an Intern to the Honorable John Lepper of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House of Representatives in 1996. Mr. Bruen has been a Float Teller at Fleet Bank and Officer at Security Systems Incorporated.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/garth-bruen/4/149/724 Garth Bruen's Linkedin Profile]</ref>
 
Mr. Bruen is active within [[ICANN]]'s [[NARALO]], and was their representative at [[ICANN 42]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/garth-bruen/4/149/724 Profile, LinkedIn.com]</ref> He is a [http://www.circleid.com/members/3296 frequent contributor] to [[CircleID]].
 
=== Career History ===
From 1998 to 2011, he was the Enterprise Content and Project Manager at the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. He has worked in different industries including programming, policy development, private security and banking. In 2005, he provided 2 Months of Freelance Coding Assistance for the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Navy. He was the Computer Operations Coordinator at Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency from 1998 to 2000. Prior to which, he was an IT Manager at David P. Ehrlich Company. He also worked an Intern to the Honorable John Lepper of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House of Representatives in 1996.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/garth-bruen/4/149/724 Garth Bruen's Linkedin Profile]</ref>


== Meetings and Conferences ==
== Meetings and Conferences ==
Speaker at National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law/National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute in 2011.
* Speaker at National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law/National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute in 2011.
Panelist - E-Crimes and Malicious Use in the DNS at Internet Governance Forum USA in 2010.
* Panelist - E-Crimes and Malicious Use in the DNS at Internet Governance Forum USA in 2010.
Presenter at CyberSecurity Expo University of Memphis in 2010.
* Presenter at CyberSecurity Expo University of Memphis in 2010.
Presenter and Panelist at ICANN At-Large Sessions In Mexico city.
* Presenter and Panelist at [[ICANN]] At-Large Sessions In Mexico City.
Keynote Speaker atMIT Spam Conference 2009.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/garth-bruen/4/149/724 Garth Bruen's Linkedin Profile]</ref>
* Keynote Speaker at MIT Spam Conference 2009.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/garth-bruen/4/149/724 Garth Bruen's Linkedin Profile]</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
He holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, Masters in Public Administration from Suffolk University and a Software Engineering Certificate from Northeastern University.<ref>[http://www.knujon.com/about.html#bios Knujon, About Us]</ref>
Garth Bruen holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, Masters in Public Administration from Suffolk University and a Software Engineering Certificate from Northeastern University.<ref>[http://www.knujon.com/about.html#bios Knujon, About Us]</ref>


Many of his articles can be read on [http://www.circleid.com/members/3296 CircleID]
Mr. Bruen is also an award-wining workflow developer, specializing in policy automation through rules-based software, [[SQL]], [[ASP]], [[C++]], and web scripting.<ref>[http://www.knujon.com/about.html#bios Bios, KnujOn.com]</ref>


== External Links ==
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Country: USA
Email: gbruen [at] knujon.com
LinkedIn:    Garth Bruen
Twitter:    @KnujOn
Currently a member
of ICANN's NARALO

Garth Bruen is the Owner of KnujOn, which sees him focusing on anti-spam efforts. The name of the company is "No Junk" spelt backwards. He is also a member of various anti-spam and cyber crime organizations, such as the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), HTCIA, and Infragard.

His anti-spam efforts are largely focused on shutting down the spammers websites through coordinating with their ISPs and registrars, not on filtering or blocking, which he sees as options that effectively ignore rather than solve the problem. KnujOn has shut down more than 30,000 spam sites, and has been aided in this by Internet users who forward the organization their junk mail. The junk mail is used to create a database that links sites to known spammers.[1]

Mr. Bruen is active within ICANN's NARALO, and was their representative at ICANN 42.[2] He is a frequent contributor to CircleID.

Career History

From 1998 to 2011, he was the Enterprise Content and Project Manager at the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. He has worked in different industries including programming, policy development, private security and banking. In 2005, he provided 2 Months of Freelance Coding Assistance for the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Navy. He was the Computer Operations Coordinator at Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency from 1998 to 2000. Prior to which, he was an IT Manager at David P. Ehrlich Company. He also worked an Intern to the Honorable John Lepper of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House of Representatives in 1996.[3]

Meetings and Conferences

  • Speaker at National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law/National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute in 2011.
  • Panelist - E-Crimes and Malicious Use in the DNS at Internet Governance Forum USA in 2010.
  • Presenter at CyberSecurity Expo University of Memphis in 2010.
  • Presenter and Panelist at ICANN At-Large Sessions In Mexico City.
  • Keynote Speaker at MIT Spam Conference 2009.[4]

Education

Garth Bruen holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, Masters in Public Administration from Suffolk University and a Software Engineering Certificate from Northeastern University.[5]

Mr. Bruen is also an award-wining workflow developer, specializing in policy automation through rules-based software, SQL, ASP, C++, and web scripting.[6]

External Links

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