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'''Thomas Narten''' works on Internet Technology and Strategy at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He has worked for IBM since 1995 and has been involved in networking for 20 years.

'''Thomas Narten''' is an Engineer at [[IBM]]. He has worked for IBM since 1995 and has been involved in networking for 20 years.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-narten/a/74a/b51 linkedin.com]</ref>

<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-narten/a/74a/b51 linkedin.com]</ref>

=== Education ===

=== Education ===

=== Career History ===

=== Career History ===

Since 1995, he has been an active contributor in the [[IETF]], co-authoring 10 [[RFC]]s, including two core [[IPv6]] specifications. From 1997 to 2005, he was an IETF Area Director for the Internet area. During this time, he focused on strengthening the working relationship between [[IANA]]<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html icann.org]</ref> and the IETF and between the IETF and the [[RIR]] community.

He has been an active contributor in the [[IETF]] since 1995, co-authoring 10 [[RFC]]'s, which includes [[IPv6]] specifications. He was an IEFT Area Director for the Internet from 1997 to 2005.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html icann.org]</ref>

Since 2001, he has been an active participant in the development of IPv6 address policy in the RIR community. On the IETF side, he helped develop RFC 3177, "[[IAB]]/[[IESG]] Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites," which served as input to the RIR discussions. On the RIR side, he participates in public policy discussions in the [[APNIC]], [[ARIN]] and [[RIPE]] regions and was a key participant in the process that produced the globally-coordinated IPv6 address policy adopted by each of the RIRs in 2002.

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. He was a major participant in the process that produced the globally-coordinated IPv6 address policy adopted by each of the RIRs in 2002.

Prior to joining IBM, he was on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at SUNY-Albany (1989-1994).<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/narten.html icann.org]</ref>

He was on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at SUNY-Albany before he joined IBM.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/narten.html icann.org]</ref>

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