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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
'''Dr. ‘Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of International and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, and currently a Technical Engineer/Trainer for '''Exclusive Networks Pacific'''. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.
'''Dr. Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of international and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, and currently a Technical Engineer/Trainer for '''Exclusive Networks Pacific'''. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.
* E. Cocker, U. Speidel, N. Rebenich, S. Neville, A. Gulliver, R. Eimann, K. Nisar, S. Hassan, Z. Azziz, M. Dong, and V. Wong, “Measurement of packet train arrival conditions in high latency networks,” in 9<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing, Tainan, Tainwan, 10-13 December, p. P0190, 2013.
* E. Cocker, U. Speidel, N. Rebenich, S. Neville, A. Gulliver, R. Eimann, K. Nisar, S. Hassan, Z. Azziz, M. Dong, and V. Wong, “Measurement of packet train arrival conditions in high latency networks,” in 9<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing, Tainan, Tainwan, 10-13 December, p. P0190, 2013.
* E. Cocker, F. Ghazzi, U. Speidel, “Measurement of buffer requirement trends for real time traffic over TCP,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Conference on high performance switching and routing, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 July.
* E. Cocker, F. Ghazzi, U. Speidel, “Measurement of buffer requirement trends for real-time traffic over TCP,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Conference on high performance switching and routing, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 July.
* U. Speidel, E. Cocker, P. Vingelmann, J. Heide, and M. Medard “Can network coding bridge the digital divide in the Pacific?,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Symposium on Network Coding, Sydney, Australia, 24-26 June 2015.
* U. Speidel, E. Cocker, P. Vingelmann, J. Heide, and M. Medard “Can network coding bridge the digital divide in the Pacific?,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Symposium on Network Coding, Sydney, Australia, 24-26 June 2015.
* U. Speidel, L.Qian, E. Cocker, P. Vingelmann, J. Heide, and M. Medard “Can network coding mitigate queue oscillation on narrowband satellite links?,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Wireless and Satellite Systems, Bradford, Great Britain, 6-7 July 2015.
* U. Speidel, L.Qian, E. Cocker, P. Vingelmann, J. Heide, and M. Medard “Can network coding mitigate queue oscillation on narrowband satellite links?,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Wireless and Satellite Systems, Bradford, Great Britain, 6-7 July 2015.
* E. Cocker, U. Speidel, F.Ghazzi “Quality trend measurement of long-distance VoIP communication via estimated Mean Opinion Score (MOS),” in 10th International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS 2015), Singapore, 2-4 December 2015.
* E. Cocker, U. Speidel, F.Ghazzi “Quality trend measurement of long-distance VoIP communication via estimated Mean Opinion Score (MOS),” in 10th International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS 2015), Singapore, 2-4 December 2015.
* U. Speidel, E. Cocker, M. Medard, J. Heide, P. Vinglemann "Topologies for the Provision of Network-Coded Services via Shared Satellite Channels," in The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications, Vanice, Italy, 23-27 April 2017.
* U. Speidel, E. Cocker, M. Medard, J. Heide, P. Vinglemann "Topologies for the Provision of Network-Coded Services via Shared Satellite Channels," in The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications, Venice, Italy, 23-27 April 2017.
== Employment ==
== Employment ==
Etuate is currently the Security and Networks Consultant Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Exclusive Networks Pacific. On his current role he manages a small team of Security and Network Experts that assist customers with the redesign and deployment of Security vendor products. In addition, he runs a number of Cyber Security workshop (Fortinet) for re-sellers and partners and he is the Lead Architect responsible for resolving complex network problems.
Etuate is currently the Security and Networks Consultant Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Exclusive Networks Pacific. In his current role, he manages a small team of Security and Network Experts that assist customers with the redesign and deployment of Security vendor products. In addition, he runs a number of Cyber Security workshops (Fortinet) for re-sellers and partners and he is the Lead Architect responsible for resolving complex network problems.
Previously he was a Team Lead for New Zealand's biggest network (Spark) on their ICT Network Operation Center. On this role his Engineers respond to Cyber Security threats and manages the operational needs of major Banks, Enterprise, Corporate networks, Spark's own internal Enterprise network, Public Wifi as well as NZ Government institution networks. In essence his team execute many changes across routing, switching, load balancers, DNS, firewall, and Wifi technologies.
Previously he was a Team Lead for New Zealand's biggest network (Spark) on their ICT Network Operation Center. In this role, his Engineers respond to Cyber Security threats and manages the operational needs of major Banks, Enterprise, Corporate networks, Spark's own internal Enterprise network, Public Wifi as well as NZ Government institution networks. In essence, his team executes many changes across routing, switching, load balancers, DNS, firewall, and Wifi technologies.
As part of his community engagements he is currently a community trainer for the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) where he assist with the delivery of contents in their Information Security as well as Advanced Routing Security workshops. These workshops are designed to train Network Engineers and Designers on current best practices on traffic engineering with the BGP protocol, routing origin authentication and other advance network related topics. The courses are normally executed as part of regional network operator group meetings such as PacNOG.
As part of his community engagements, he is currently a community trainer for the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) where he assists with the delivery of contents in their Information Security as well as Advanced Routing Security workshops. These workshops are designed to train Network Engineers and Designers on current best practices on traffic engineering with the BGP protocol, routing origin authentication and other advanced network-related topics. The courses are normally executed as part of regional network operator group meetings such as PacNOG.
Etuate currently hold '''24 industry certifications''' on which majority of the certifications were completed on his first year at Spark. He continuously work towards a number of industry certifications as part of his role at Exclusive Networks with the goal of bridging the gap between academia and the ICT industry.
Etuate currently holds '''24 industry certifications''' on which the majority of the certifications were completed on his first year at Spark. He continuously work towards a number of industry certifications as part of his role at Exclusive Networks with the goal of bridging the gap between academia and the ICT industry.
== Career/Education ==
== Career/Education ==
While working at the South Pacific Applied Geo-Science Commission (SOPAC) in 2007 as part of the Tonga Government/European Union Geographical Information System (GIS) internship program, he applied for and was awarded the '''Australian Overseas Development Aid Scholarship (AUSAID ODA) under the open category.''' This scholarship was awarded in 2009 and it supported Etuate with his studies towards a Master of Science in Internet-working at the University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney, Australia. It was during his time at UTS, that Etuate was awarded another casual scholarship ('''UTS Dean's award''') and the '''Faculty of Engineering and IT Cisco Academy scholarship''' to complete additional studies towards the Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI) program at UTS. In November 2009 he completed the CCAI program and became a part-time Lecturer at UTS. In addition, he also taught at the University of Auckland Cisco academy and was instrumental in the creation of the Cisco Academy at Unitec Institute in Auckland, New Zealand.
While working at the South Pacific Applied Geo-Science Commission (SOPAC) in 2007 as part of the Tonga Government/European Union Geographical Information System (GIS) internship program, he applied for and was awarded the '''Australian Overseas Development Aid Scholarship (AUSAID ODA) under the open category.''' This scholarship was awarded in 2009 and it supported Etuate with his studies towards a Master of Science in Internet-working at the University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney, Australia. It was during his time at UTS, that Etuate was awarded another casual scholarship ('''UTS Dean's award''') and the '''Faculty of Engineering and IT Cisco Academy scholarship''' to complete additional studies towards the Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI) program at UTS. In November 2009 he completed the CCAI program and became a part-time Lecturer at UTS. In addition, he also taught at the University of Auckland Cisco academy and was instrumental in the creation of the Cisco Academy at Unitec Institute in Auckland, New Zealand.
In 2010, he graduated with a '''MSc Internet-working''' from UTS and was also awarded the '''Australian Prime Minister's Pacific Award''' for having completed his MSc degree with at least a Distinction grade (majority of completed courses were High Distinction). This award enabled Etuate to work in Australia for 3 months in an industry related to his degree of study. In addition to having completed his MSc degree he also applied for a place to study towards a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He was awarded a place of study but not a scholarship.
In 2010, he graduated with a '''MSc Internet-working''' from UTS and was also awarded the '''Australian Prime Minister's Pacific Award''' for having completed his MSc degree with at least a Distinction grade (majority of completed courses were High Distinction). This award enabled Etuate to work in Australia for 3 months in an industry related to his degree of study. In addition to having completed his MSc degree, he also applied for a place to study towards a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He was awarded a place of study but not a scholarship.
In order to fulfill requirements of his AusAID and NZAID scholarships, Etuate returned to Tonga in August 2010 where he worked as a '''Systems Analyst for the Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources in Tonga'''. While working in Tonga he applied for and was awarded the '''University of Auckland Doctoral scholarship''' under the Pasifika/Pacific category to further his studies towards a '''PhD at the University of Auckland in New Zealand'''. In addition, he also applied for and was awarded the [https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/international-students/scholarships-loans-and-funding/country-specific-scholarships-and-funding/tonga/arthington-davy-scholarship.html '''Arthington Davy Scholarship'''] which assisted him with purchasing of experimental equipment required for his research. He started his PhD journey in February 2011 and successfully defended his '''thesis''' '''entitled: [https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/29689 Active longitudinal measurement in global networks and goodput recovery with network coding over high latency satellite links]''' in 2016. Later that year (July 2016) he became the '''first Tongan''' to graduate with a '''PhD in Computer Science''' from the '''University of Auckland'''.
In order to fulfill the requirements of his AusAID and NZAID scholarships, Etuate returned to Tonga in August 2010 where he worked as a '''Systems Analyst for the Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources in Tonga'''. While working in Tonga he applied for and was awarded the '''University of Auckland Doctoral scholarship''' under the Pasifika/Pacific category to further his studies towards a '''PhD at the University of Auckland in New Zealand'''. In addition, he also applied for and was awarded the [https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/international-students/scholarships-loans-and-funding/country-specific-scholarships-and-funding/tonga/arthington-davy-scholarship.html '''Arthington Davy Scholarship'''] which assisted him with purchasing of experimental equipment required for his research. He started his PhD journey in February 2011 and successfully defended his '''thesis''' '''entitled: [https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/29689 Active longitudinal measurement in global networks and goodput recovery with network coding over high latency satellite links]''' in 2016. Later that year (July 2016) he became the '''first Tongan''' to graduate with a '''PhD in Computer Science''' from the '''University of Auckland'''.
== Meetings ==
== Meetings ==
Etuate's interest on ICANN started at the time he was a first year student at the University of Auckland. To date, he has attended the following ICANN meetings.
Etuate's interest on ICANN started at the time he was a first-year student at the University of Auckland. To date, he has attended the following ICANN meetings.
# ICANN 47 - Durban, South Africa
# ICANN 47 - Durban, South Africa
# ICANN 52 - Singapore
# ICANN 52 - Singapore
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