Kurt Erik Lindqvist
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| Country: | Sweden |
| Email: | kurtis [at] kurtis.pp.se |
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| LinkedIn: |  [Kurt Erik Lindqvist Kurt Erik Lindqvist]
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Kurt-Erik (Kurtis) Lindqvist is the CEO of Netnod Internet Exchange[1] and the Owner of Internet Technology Advisor. Lindqvist is also a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and a Participant at IETF.[2]
He holds a degree in Computer Science from Uppsala university in Sweden.
Career History edit
In 1994, he co-founded Alandia Online, which is one of the two ISPs on the Aland Islands. In 1996, he worked on the merger of Alandia Online with Alcom. From 1997-2000, he was the Technical Director of EUnet Sweden and after that of the KPNQwest Sweden.
Lindqvist has also worked as the Director IP Network Architectures at KPNQwest R&D team. Since June 2002, he has been the CEO of NETNOD.
In 1992, he was the part of a group that setup one of the first BBS:es in Aland.[3]
He has been the WG chair in RIPE and the IETF. He has Chaired the Swedish Operators Forum, and has been chairman of the board of Euro-IX since 2003.[4]
He has been the chair of South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG).[5] Lindqvist also serves as the co-chair of IETF Multi6-Wg, shim6 WG, v6ops WG and the chair of the RIPE NCC Services WG.[6]
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Lindqvist occasionally writes on his blog