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Bill Woodcock
Internet infrastructure pioneer (born 1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bill Woodcock (born August 16, 1971 in San Francisco, California, United States) is the executive director of Packet Clearing House,[1] the international organization responsible for providing operational support and security to critical Internet infrastructure, including Internet exchange points and the core of the domain name system; the chairman of the Foundation Council of Quad9;[2] the president of WoodyNet;[3] and the CEO of EcoTruc and EcoRace,[4] companies developing electric vehicle technology for work and motorsport. Bill founded one of the earliest Internet service providers, and is best known for his 1989 development of the anycast routing technique that is now ubiquitous in Internet content distribution networks and the domain name system. [5][6]
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Born | William Edward Woodcock IV (1971-08-16) 16 August 1971 (age 52) |
Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A. in Book Arts), 1993 Berkeley High School, 1989 |
Occupation(s) | Executive Director, Packet Clearing House President, WoodyNet Chairman, Quad9 CEO, EcoTruc and EcoRace |
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Audrey Plonk ā (m. 2010) |
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