Benno Overeinder is managing director of NLnet Labs in the Netherlands. NLnet Labs is a non-profit research and development lab whose mission is to build a bridge between academic results and practical deployment of new technology in our networks. NLnet Labs' DNS software is deployed at key organisations like root name system operators, TLDs, and large ISPs and CDNs. Benno is active in the IETF (Internet protocol standards) and RIPE (European operators) community. His focus is on Internet infrastructure security and stability, both DNS and inter-domain routing related. Before joining NLnet Labs in 2007, Benno obtained his MSc. and PhD. in Computer Science from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He worked as a researcher and assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam and the VU University Amsterdam.
