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Organization:	NTT Ltd
Affiliation:	GNSO
Region:	Africa
Country:	Cameroon
Email:	mesumbeslin@gmail.com
LinkedIn:	Tomslin Samme-Nlar
Twitter:	@tomsleen

Tomslin Samme-Nlar is a cyber security researcher with a keen interest in the political, military, diplomatic and higher level management aspects of issues where cyber security, strategy and diplomacy interact in Africa. He is also a systems engineer by training, currently works as a Snr Principal Consultant for Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories and has had previous roles as a contractor to the Kenyan National Intelligence Service, other government agencies and telcos.

Tomslin is a current councillor in the GNSO Council, the current NCSG Policy Chair and co-chair of the first IANA Function Review Team at the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Tomslin has a Masters in Cyber Security, Strategy and Diplomacy from UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy. A Bachelor's degree in Technology Management and Computing from Portsmouth University, UK and other certificates including a certificate in International Law of Armed Conflict in Theory and Practice from Leiden University, certificate in Diplomatic Theory and Practice from DiploFoundation and an associate degree in Business Administration.

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-'''Tomslin Samme-Nlar''' is an independent cyber security policy researcher, with a focus on Africa.
+'''Tomslin Samme-Nlar''' is a cyber security researcher with a keen interest in the political, military, diplomatic and higher level management aspects of issues where cyber security, strategy and diplomacy interact in Africa. He is also a systems engineer by training, currently works as a Snr Principal Consultant for Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories and has had previous roles as a contractor to the Kenyan National Intelligence Service, other government agencies and telcos.
-==Career History==
-* '''Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories''' '''–''' Snr Principal Consultant  '''April 2021 till Present'''
-* '''NTT Ltd –'''Technical Lead  '''July 2014 till April 2021'''
-* '''Bytes technology –''' Genesys Consultant '''April 2013 till May 2014'''
-* '''Bytes Connect, a division of Bytes technology group South Africa –''' Lead Engineer, East Africa '''May 2010 – March 2013:'''
-* '''Freelance Trainer: Training of Kenya national intelligence service engineers May 2012'''
-* '''CGNET Services International –''' VoIP/Network Consultant '''Jan 2010 till August 2010:'''
-* '''Seven Seas Technologies Group - Sept. 2008 till May 2010:'''
-** 2009 – 2010 As Technology Business Manager for SP Video, IPTV and Voice over broadband
-** 2008 – 2009: As a Technology Specialist
-* '''Knowledge Transfer Center – KTC-Africa Dec. 2008 till May 2010'''
-** As a Consulting Trainer
-* '''Wateen Telecom International  Mar 2008 – Sept. 2008'''
-** As a Senior Engineer IPT/IPCC (O&M)
-* '''Cisco Netacademy Faculty of computing & IT, Makerere University, Uganda May 2006- Dec. 08'''
-** As an Instructor at the Cisco Networking Academy
-* '''Linux Solutions Ltd. , Uganda   Sept. 2006 – Mar 2008'''
-** As a Technical Lead at Linux Solutions
-==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation==
+Tomslin is a current councillor in the GNSO Council, the current NCSG Policy Chair and co-chair of the first IANA Function Review Team at the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
-* GNSO Council Member
-* NCSG Policy Chair
-* Co-Chair, [[IANA]] Naming Function Review team ([[IFRT]])
-* Member [[ISOC]] Cameroon chapter
-* [[ICANN 60]], [[ICANN 65]], [[ICANN 68]], [[Fellowship Program]]
-* 26th International World Wide Web Conference 2017
-* [[GNSO Council]], as a member of the [[NCSG]], representing Asia-Pacific
-== Education ==
-* '''UNSW Canberra at Australian Defense Force Academy'''
-** Master of Cyber Security, Strategy and Diplomacy
-* '''University of Portsmouth'''
-** Bsc. (hons) Technology Management and Computing
-* '''Informatics Academy'''
-** International Advanced Diploma in Business Administration
-* '''Informatics Academy'''
-** International Diploma in Information and Communication Technology
+Tomslin has a Masters in Cyber Security, Strategy and Diplomacy from UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy. A Bachelor's degree in Technology Management and Computing from Portsmouth University, UK and other certificates including a certificate in International Law of Armed Conflict in Theory and Practice from Leiden University, certificate in Diplomatic Theory and Practice from DiploFoundation and an associate degree in Business Administration.
 [[Category:GNSO Council]]
 [[Category:NCSG]]
 [[Category:Cybersecurity Workers]]
 [[Category:Technical Community]]