Dr. Paul Vixie is the CEO of Farsight Security, Inc. In 2014, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for his work related to DNS. Previously, Dr. Vixie served as President, Chairman and Founder of Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), as President of MAPS, PAIX and MIBH, as CTO of Abovenet/MFN, and on the board of several for-profit and non-profit companies. He served on the ARIN Board of Trustees from 2005 to 2013, and as Chairman in 2008 and 2009. Dr. Vixie is a founding member of ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). Dr. Vixie has been contributing to Internet protocols and UNIX systems as a protocol designer and software architect since 1980. He earned his PhD from Keio University for work related to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS and DNSSEC).
