Changes

{{People

{{People

|portrait  = JohnChandPortrait.jpg

|organization=Fiji National Provident Fund

|caricature = JohnChandCaricature.jpg

|jobtitle=Systems & Network Engineer

|affiliation = Telecom Fiji Limited

|gender=Male

|country   = Fiji

|region=Pacific Islands

|email     = johnchand.fiji [at] gmail.com

|country=Fiji

|website    =  

|userbox      =  

|email=johnchand.fiji [at] gmail.com

|blog=https://blog.apnic.net/2017/05/17/emerging-leaders-john-chand-fiji

|twitter=john_fiji

|portrait=JohnChandPortrait.jpg

}}

}}

John Chand is a Senior ISP Engineer at Telecom Fiji Limited. He is based in Suva, Fiji.

John has a degree in Bachelor of Engineering Technology from The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji with also various industry-standard ICT certifications. He has been a regular speaker at the [[PacNOG]] events in the Pacific region and also the recent Pacific [[IGF]] event. He has also been in the leading role in Fiji working on setting up an [[IXP]] in Fiji with the local service providers and the Fiji Government.  

John was a fellow at [[IETF 94]], [[APRICOT 2016]], [[ICANN5 5]], [[ICANN 57]] and [[ICANN 59]] meetings around the globe. He has been a regular speaker at these conferences sharing his experiences and providing his expert input to technical discussions.

As a Senior ISP Engineer at Telecom Fiji Limited, John works on [[DNS]] servers, [[Linux]] servers, [[Email]] servers, [[DHCP]] servers, [[IPv4]] & [[IPv6]], [[Internet Security]] & [[Firewall]], [[BGP]], [[OSPF]] and [[Routing]] & [[Switching]]. John has also attended [[IETF 94]], [[APRICOT 2016]], [[APNIC 41]] and [[ICANN 55]] meetings. John has met technical community members on [[IPv6]] deployments, [[DNSSEC]] and [[Root Servers]]. John is currently working on [[DNSSEC]] project at Telecom Fiji. John also attends [[APNIC]] workshops and [[PACNOG]] workshops in the Pacific region. John is working on maintaining relationships with the technical community in order to bring awareness in the Pacific region.

John has been working for Telecom Fiji Limited since 2004.till to date

Areas of Interests: [[IPv6]], [[BGP]], [[OSPF]]/[[IS-IS]], [[Network Security]], [[IXP]] and [[DNSSEC]].

== ICANN Involvement ==

== ICANN Involvement ==

John was a ICANN 55 fellow in 2016.<ref>https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en</ref>

John was a [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en ICANN 55 fellow] in 2016.<ref>https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en</ref>

 

John was a [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/hyderabad57-attendees-2016-11-23-en ICANN 57 fellow] in 2016.<ref>https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/hyderabad57-attendees-2016-11-23-en</ref>

John was a ICANN 57 fellow in 2016.<ref>https://www.icann.org/fellowshipprogram</ref>

John was a [https://www.icann.org/fellowshipprogram ICANN 59 fellow] in 2017.<ref>https://www.icann.org/fellowshipprogram</ref>

==Education==

==Education==

John received a Bachelor of Engineering from University of the South Pacific in 2003, where he majored in Electrical & Electronics. <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-chand-b0a003b6 Chand LinkedIn. Retrieved 08 Mar 2016.]</ref>

John received a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of the South Pacific in 2003, where he majored in Electrical & Electronics. <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-chand-b0a003b6 Chand LinkedIn. Retrieved 08 Mar 2016.]</ref>

 

John completed his CCNA certification in 2013.

John completed his [[CompTIA Linux+]] certification in 2015.

John completed his CompTIA Linux + certification in 2015.

John completed his [[CCNP]] certification in 2017.

==References==

==References==

{{reflist}}

{{reflist}}