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Rodney Joffe has also been involved as a member of [[ICANN]]'s [[SSAC]] since 2006 . He was also a member of ICANN's [[RSTEP]] between 2006-2008 and the [[NomCom]], where he was appointed for three terms: 2005, 2006 and 2009.
 
Rodney Joffe has also been involved as a member of [[ICANN]]'s [[SSAC]] since 2006 . He was also a member of ICANN's [[RSTEP]] between 2006-2008 and the [[NomCom]], where he was appointed for three terms: 2005, 2006 and 2009.
  
==Employment experience==
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==Employment Experience==
Rodney Joffe has an impressive and remarkable anterior work experience which enabled him to become the valuable professional he is today.
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Rodney Joffe started his career in computing in the year 1973, as a programmer in the direct marketing industry. His first patent was registered in 1974, for computer envelopes.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7372993&privcapId=7372016&previousCapId=135474&previousTitle=NEUSTAR%20INC-CLASS%20A First Patent of Rodney Joffe]</ref>
 
 
Rodney Joffe started his career in Computing in the year 1973, as a programmer in the Direct Marketing industry. His first patent was registered in the computing field in the year 1974, for computer envelopes.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7372993&privcapId=7372016&previousCapId=135474&previousTitle=NEUSTAR%20INC-CLASS%20A First Patent of Rodney Joffe]</ref>
 
  
 
His employment experience is:
 
His employment experience is:
* Since 1984 and until the present: Whitehat Inc where he is Founder and Chairman of Direct Marketing Service Bureau;
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* 1984-Present: Whitehat Inc., where he is Founder and Chairman of Direct Marketing Service Bureau;
* Since 1997 until 1999: GTE Internetworking/Genuity Inc where he was Founder of Genuity, CTO of GTE Internetworking Business Services;
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* 1997-1999: GTE Internetworking/Genuity Inc., where he was Founder of Genuity, CTO of GTE Internetworking Business Services;
* Since 1999 and until 2006: UltraDNS where he was Founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer (CTO);  
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* 1999-2006: [[UltraDNS]], where he was Founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer (CTO);  
* Since 2006 until the present: Neustar Inc
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* 2006-Present: Neustar Inc.
  
 
===Fouder of UltraDNS===
 
===Fouder of UltraDNS===
It was 1999 when Rodney Joffe retired from GTE, returned to Phoenix, Arizona and decided to create the CenterGate Research Group which was the think-tank for the creation of UltraDNS as well as other community services.
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It was 1999 when Rodney Joffe retired from GTE, returned to Phoenix, Arizona and decided to create the CenterGate Research Group which was the think-tank responsible for the creation of UltraDNS as well as other community services.
  
 
==Cybersecurity Expertise==
 
==Cybersecurity Expertise==

Revision as of 22:05, 27 March 2011

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Email: rodney.joffe [at] neustar.biz
Website:

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Rodney Joffe is the Vice-President, Senior Technologist, and CTO of NeuStar.

He is an entrepreneur who holds multiple patents.[1]

Current Position

After the acquisition of UltraDNS in 2006, Rodney Joffe became the Senior Vice-President and Senior Technologist of Neustar, Inc. His main responsibilities include:

  • Define and ensure guidance for technical direction of the Internet Infrastructure Services Group of Neustar.
  • Heading the cyber-security initiatives of the company.
  • Designing the architecture for DNS resolution
  • Management of DDos mitigation initiatives [2]

Other Responsibilities

Rodney Joffe is often required to assist Federal Authorities regarding investigations and protection against cyber-crime and cyber-terrorits actions. He has testified before the Congress as an expert of this field.

Rodney Joffe has also been involved as a member of ICANN's SSAC since 2006 . He was also a member of ICANN's RSTEP between 2006-2008 and the NomCom, where he was appointed for three terms: 2005, 2006 and 2009.

Employment Experience

Rodney Joffe started his career in computing in the year 1973, as a programmer in the direct marketing industry. His first patent was registered in 1974, for computer envelopes.[3]

His employment experience is:

  • 1984-Present: Whitehat Inc., where he is Founder and Chairman of Direct Marketing Service Bureau;
  • 1997-1999: GTE Internetworking/Genuity Inc., where he was Founder of Genuity, CTO of GTE Internetworking Business Services;
  • 1999-2006: UltraDNS, where he was Founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer (CTO);
  • 2006-Present: Neustar Inc.

Fouder of UltraDNS

It was 1999 when Rodney Joffe retired from GTE, returned to Phoenix, Arizona and decided to create the CenterGate Research Group which was the think-tank responsible for the creation of UltraDNS as well as other community services.

Cybersecurity Expertise

Rodney Joffe regularly briefs the White House and House/Senate groups on the subject of cybersecurity, and has testified before congress as an expert.

Based on this, his experience as an cybersecurity expert brought him the following distinctions:

  • White House Advisor, CyberSecurity Issues- since April 2010 until the present
  • DHS, FBI- since March 2007 until the present
  • Head of the Conficker Working Group- since March 2009 until the present
  • Congressional Testimony May 1, 2009: got involved in cybersecurity issues within House Committee on Communications,

Technology, and the Internet

  • Cyberstorm II - Planning and Exercise for DNS/Cybersecurity Scenario 2008
  • Cyberstorm III- where he was the Lead on the Core Scenario Design Team 2010 [4]

Membership in organizations

Besides his involvement in ICANN SSAC, Rodney Joffe is also a member of the following engineering organizations:

  • OARC ( Operations, Analysis and Research Center) since 2004 until present;
  • NANOG (North American Network Operators' Group) since 1993 until present;[5]
  • ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) since 1997 until present;
  • IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) since 1998 until present.[6]

Professional achievements: Patents

Being a very talented, innovative solution developer and a visionary entrepreneur, Rodney Joffe is the holder of the following patents:

  1. Multi-tenant Unit issued on November 7 year 2000;
  2. Hopscotch issued on February 6 year 2001;
  3. Domain name resolution system and method - Issuance Pending;
  4. Suspect Traffic Redirection - Issuance Pending. [7]

References