João Damas

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Country: Spain
Email: joao [at] isc.org
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UnderConstruction.png João Damas is the Senior Strategic Accounts Manager at ISC. His responsibilities include coordinating root server operations, BIND, and related policies, as well as business development.[1] He is also the Technical Contact at ISC.[2] He is a member of ICANN's RSSAC and NomCom, and also participates in ISOC, RIPE, and ESNOG.[3] He is the RIPE EOF/Plenary Coordinator and Chair RIPE Routing wg at RIPE.[4]

João has contributed to RFC 4012 and RFC 5358. Mr. Damas can speak English, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch.

Career History

From 2009-2010, he was a Member of the CPR Group at Afilias. He became the Technical Contact of ISC in 2009, prior to which he was the Senior Programme Manager for ISC for 6 years. He worked at RIPE NCC from 1997 to 2002 in different capacities, ranging from Network Engineer, Database Group Manager, and CTO. He worked at Rediris as a Network engineer for 4 months in 1997. He started his career as a System Administrator at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1995.[5]

Industry Participation

He attends IETF[6] ISOC[7] ICANN Meetings[8][9] and other Industry related events.[10] Mr. Damas actively participates in ISC events.[11][12]

Education

He holds an MSc in Quantum Chemistry from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and a BSc in Physical/Quantum Chemistry from the same University.[13]

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