Tomslin Samme-Nlar

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

Tomslin Samme-Nlar is an independent cyber security policy researcher, with a focus on Africa.

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

• 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

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).

Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of non-commercial entities of the Internet (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the At-Large Advisory Committee.