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Line 1: − |portrait = Alvestrand.jpg+ − |caricature = Harald_AlvestrandCaricature.jpg+ − |born = 1959+ − + − + − + − + − + − + + + + + + − '''Harald Alvestrand''' is a prominent Computer Scientist, and International IT Policy Developer. He has served in numerous official ICANN positions, been a part of [[WIPO]] panels, and worked for the Norwegian ccTLD Registry; he also has extensive experience with the [[IETF]], eventually acting as its Chairman. He was born in Norway in 1959.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/alvestrand.htm ICANN.org]</ref> + + + + − + − − Harald worked for Norsk Data, UNINETT (the university network of Norway), EDB Maxware, Cisco Systems. Since 2006 he worked for Google. He has been active in Internet standardization via the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) since 1991, and has written a number of RFCs, including [[RFC 1766]], the first standard for language tags in Internet protocols. − ===IETF=== − In the IETF, he has been an area director of the Applications area (1995-1998) and of the Operations & Management area (1998-1999; a member of the Internet Architecture Board (1999-2001), and served as chair of the IETF from 2001 to 2006. − + − + − + − − Line 38:
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'''Harald Alvestrand''' is a prominent computer scientist and international IT policy developer. He is currently the [[IETF]] Liaison to ICANN's [[ICANN Board|Board of Directors]].
Alvestrand has served in numerous official [[ICANN]] positions, been a part of [[WIPO]] panels, and worked for the Norwegian [[ccTLD]] [[Registry]]; he also has extensive experience with the [[IETF]], eventually acting as its Chairman.
Mr. Avestrand currently works as a Tech Lead for [[Google]], a Board Member at [[UNINETT Norid AS]], a Board Member at the [[Unicode Consortium]], and as the founder and Executive Director of the [[Linux Counter Organization]]. While he has worked on a variety of projects at Google, he has most recently been engaged in leading the team developing Google Alerts.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/alvestrand LinkedIn]</ref>
==Work==
==Work==
=== Norwegian Internet===
=== Norwegian Internet===
Harald Alvestrand continues to serve as a board member of [[Norid]], the [[.no]] domain name registry.<ref>[http://www.norid.no/omnorid/index.en.html Norid.no]</ref>
Harald worked for Norsk Data, [[UNINETT]] (the University Network of Norway), EDB Maxware, and [[Cisco Systems]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/alvestrand.htm ICANN biography data]</ref>
===IETF===
Harald has been active in Internet standardization with the [[IETF]] since 1991, and has written a number of RFCs, including [[RFC 1766]], the first standard for language tags in Internet protocols.
was alternate chair of the [[ICANN]] [[DNSO]] General Assembly from December 1999 to April 2001, and was a member of the [[WIPO]] panel of experts on the [[DNS]] in 1998-1999. He is currently a board member of [[NORID]], the [[.no]] domain name registry, and of the Unicode Consortium. Harald Alvestrand was selected for the ICANN Board by the [[NomCom|Nominating Committee]] in 2007.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/alvestrand.htm ICANN biography data]</ref>
He has held a number of formal positions within the IETF. He was the Director of the Applications area from 1995 to 1998, the Director of the Operations & Management area from 1998 to 1999, and a member of the [[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]] from 1999-2001. At that point, he became Chair of the IETF, serving until 2006.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/alvestrand.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
===ICANN===
===ICANN===
Mr. Alvestrand was the Alternate Chair of [[ICANN]]'s [[DNSO]] General Assembly, serving from December 1999 to April 2001. He was selected by ICANN's [[NomCom]] to serve on the [[ICANN Board]] from 2007 to the 2010 [[Annual Meeting]] in Cartagena.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/alvestrand.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
==Education==
===Other Industry Participation===
Harald was a part of [[WIPO]]'s panel of experts on the [[DNS]] from 1998 to 1999. He is a current Board Member of the [[Unicode Consortium]],<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/alvestrand.htm ICANN.org]</ref> and has served on that body since 2001.<ref>[http://unicode.org/consortium/directors.html Unicode Directory]</ref> He created the [[Linux Counter Organization]] in 1993, has served on its board, and acts as its Executive Director.<ref>[http://counter.li.org/organization/board.php Counter.LI.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/alvestrand LinkedIn]</ref>
He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in 1984.
==Publications==
==Publications==
* Best Current Practices
* Best Current Practices
** RFC 2148 (BCP 15) Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service
** RFC 2148 (BCP 15) Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service
** RFC 3935 (BCP 95) A Mission Statement for the IETF
** RFC 3935 (BCP 95) A Mission Statement for the IETF
* Other important RFCs<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Tveit_Alvestrand Harald Alvestrand on Wikipedia]</ref>
* Other important [[RFC]]s<ref>[http://www.arkko.com/tools/allstats/haraldalvestrand.html ARKKO.com]</ref>
** RFC 2130 (this memo prepared the UTF-8 50-years plan in RFC 2277)
** RFC 2130 (this memo prepared the UTF-8 50-years plan in RFC 2277)
** RFC 2157 Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies
** RFC 2157 Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies
** RFC 5242 A Generalized Unified Character Code: Western European and CJK Sections (with John Klensin) April 1, 2008
** RFC 5242 A Generalized Unified Character Code: Western European and CJK Sections (with John Klensin) April 1, 2008
All of his [[RFC]]s can be seen [http://www.arkko.com/tools/allstats/haraldalvestrand.html here].
==Education==
He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1984.<ref>[http://unicode.org/consortium/directors.html Unicode.org]</ref>
==Life==
==Life==
He was born in Norway in 1959. He lives in Trondheim, Norway, with his wife and three children.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/alvestrand.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
He Currently lives in Trondheim, Norway with his wife and three children.
==References==
==References==
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