Thomas Roessler

Email:	tlr [at] w3.org
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Twitter:	@roessler

Thomas Roessler A mathematician by formal education, and a geek with an interest in the net's technology and its interaction with society by passion, Thomas started out around ICANN as a frequent poster to certain mailing lists. He ended up as the DNSO General Assembly's last chair, a veteran of the WHOIS wars, one of the first two people to leave the At-Large Advisory Committee (in early 2005), and ALAC's liaison the GNSO Council during that time. Thomas occasionally blogs about ICANN at no such weblog.

In late 2004, Thomas joined the World Wide Web Consortium's staff to focus more on the technical side of the net. He now serves as W3C's Security Activity Lead, and is involved in the European PrimeLife and PrivacyOS projects.

Work

• Technology and Society Domain Leader at W3C
• Director at World Wide Web Foundation
• Security Activity Lead at W3C.

Career History

• Liaison to the Board of Directors at ICANN
• Researcher at University of Bonn.

Deprecated. Domain Name Supporting Organization. Predecessor of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, which advised the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the Domain Name System (ICANN Bylaws).

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).

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