APNIC EC ELECTION - NOMINATIONS

Kams Yeung

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

Master of Computer Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Relevant Board Experience

APNIC EC member since Feb 2016.
HKNOG Program Committee since Oct 2014.
Peering Asia Working Group member since Jun 2016.
TWNOG Multi-stakeholder Group member since Mar 2018

Senior Management Experience

Feb 2016 - current: APNIC EC member.
Oct 2011 - current: Principal Network Architect of Akamai Technologies, Lead Architect covering Asia Pacific
Jan 2008 - Apr 2011: Senior Manager of IP Engineering team of Pacnet, managing a team of network engineers for network design and infrastructure deployment.

Nominee statement

I have been working in the Internet-related companies in Asia Pacific since 2001. This provides me an extensive regional exposure which enable me to understand the different Internet environment in Asia Pacific.

I have participated and contributed to the technical community and peering community in the Asia Pacific region in the past 10+ years. These include APRICOT, APNIC, APF, KPF, Peering Asia, APrIGF, ISOC HK, ICANN, IETF, HKNOG, SGNOG, MyNOG, TWNOG, etc.

With the involvement in the Internet communities, I could understand the wants from the communities and I will continue to listen and help gather the inputs to APNIC to enhance the services to fit for the members' benefit.

Being one of the program committee of HKNOG and working group of Peering Asia, I have been actively promoting the collaboration and knowledge sharing to the local Internet communities.
I believe my strong technical networking background would contribute to a better policy for the Internet communities in Asia Pacific.

During my last 4 years as APNIC EC, I’ve more understanding of the APNIC as an organization and APNIC members’ expectations.

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Nominated by

Organization

Moratel International

Reason for nomination

Kams have been in the industry for more than 18 years.
We would like him to continue to be part of the Executive Council team.

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Organization

Cigniti Technologies Limited

Reason for nomination

Techincal relevance in same industry and maximum exposure to different technologies to sustain the competition market. Setting a new standards with proper road map for the organisation.

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Paul Vinton

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

Relevant Board Experience

Currently sit on 14 boards, numbers of not-for-profit executive roles and actively mentored numbers of executives and start-up entrepreneurs

Senior Management Experience

Director of multiple companies including Internet Service Providers, Data Centres, OpenStack hybrid cloud, managed services companies and a licensed telecommunication carrier company. Recognised by Ernst & Young by winning their Entrepreneur of the Year (Central Region) in the Tech Sector in 2015.

Nominee statement

Paul Vinton is a technology expert who has won numerous national and international awards and undertaken a world-first with IBM. Paul is a Director of numbers of Companies around Australia, including an Internet Service Provider, a Data Centre company, Managed Services companies, cloud and OpenStack provider companies and a licensed telecommunication carrier company. Paul was recognised by Ernst & Young by winning their Entrepreneur of the Year (Central Region) in the Tech Sector in 2015. Paul regularly speaks at technology conferences in Australia and overseas and features regularly in technology news articles.

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Nominated by

Organization

Ossini Pty Ltd

Reason for nomination

Heavily involved in the internet and ISP services for over 20 years. An entrepreneur and Director of companies that include Data Centres, Internet Service Providers and licensed Telecommunication Carriers.

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Mukhammad Andri Setiawan

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

Bachelor: Electrical Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, INDONESIA
Master: Communication Software and Networks, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
Doctoral: Information Technology, The University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA

Relevant Board Experience

I'm currently working as the CIO of Universitas Islam Indonesia, and my biggest responsibility is managing Digital Transformation in Universitas Islam Indonesia. I believe this experience will be beneficial for EC position as I'm heavily involved in the discussion of implementing technology, managing people and culture transformation, and accelerating digital transformation.

Senior Management Experience

CIO - Universitas Islam Indonesia (2018 - ....)
Deputy CIO - Universitas Islam Indonesia (2016 - 2018)
Training and Community Development - Indonesia Network Information Center (IDNIC) (2018 - 2021)

Nominee statement

Respective members of APNIC,

First of all, let me introduce myself. I'm Andri, Mukhammad Andri Setiawan, currently serving as the head of the Training and Community Development unit of Indonesia Network Information Center (IDNIC) for the 2018-2021 term. I'm also currently working as the CIO of Universitas Islam Indonesia, with my biggest task is managing Digital Transformation in Universitas Islam Indonesia. These two roles have definitely improved my understanding a lot on how to implement the technology, how to manage people and lead them to the digital transformation, and how to accelerate the communities in dealing with the ever-changing technologies.

I'm offering myself for this year's election as I believe that EC will be the right position for me to channel my passion to make an impact on technology adoption in the Asia Pacific and also promoting community engagement and collaboration among many organizations. In the early term, during my service to IDNIC, I have been successfully promoting the use of IPv6 to a few major universities and government bodies in Indonesia and help Indonesia to leap forward for IPv6 adoption. I've been using my position as the CIO in the university, my role in infrastructure team in Indonesia Research Education Network (IdREN), and my role as consultants for some government bodies to convince them the benefit of implementing IPv6.

I've also been involving a lot in the Asia Pacific community in the APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network), the research education network community in the Asia Pacific. This community involvement has introduced me to lots of new opportunities in collaboration works that connect multiple entities in the Asia Pacific.

In summary, I offer my best experiences and knowledge to improve the internet experience across the Asia Pacific and I nominate myself to be part of the Executive Council of APNIC.

Mukhammad Andri Setiawan (Andri),
13 January 2020

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Nominated by

Organization

APJII (Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia)

Reason for nomination

I believe that he is a suitable person to be one of the EC in APNIC. Why is that? Here are few important items to consider.

First of all, a brief introduction. Mukhammad Andri Setiawan (Andri) is an active committee member of IDNIC (Indonesia Network Information Center) and he is now serving as the head of Training and Community sub-unit at IDNIC. During his time in IDNIC (and he's still doing one), he has shown great achievement in delivering training programs and community engagement. He has shown the eagerness to help Indonesia to leap forward in technology adoption through means of workshop and training that were delivered by IDNIC. One example is that after he got the responsibility to manage the IPv6 training, the number of IDNIC members that implemented IPv6 not only in their core networks but to all clients has increased tenfold.

At the moment, Andri is wearing "multiple hats", not only he is active in the internet community in Indonesia, but he is also working closely with Research Education Network in Indonesia (IdREN) and quite active with the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) community. He utilized his multiple roles to create more engagement among industries, such as Higher Educations, Governments, and also internet Industries. He demonstrated well his collaboration spirit through his community works.

His eagerness to improve internet technologies in Indonesia also paid off, as he is often to be invited to share his expertise among the same industries or even different kind of industries by governments, vendors, and also higher education.

His education background supports his ability to achieve such an achievement. He received his master's degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and received his doctoral degree from the University of Queensland, Australia.

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Achie Atienza

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

BS Electronics & Communications Engineering, Don Bosco Technical College
Management Development Program, Asian Institute of Management
Leadership Development Program, Ateneo De Manila

Relevant Board Experience

ex-VP for Technology position at Internet Society Philippines (ISOC-Ph)
Board of Trustee, ISOC-Ph since 2013
Chair, Philippine Network Operators Group (PhNOG) since 2015

Senior Management Experience

2006: Product Management head for Internet services at Eastern Telecom (ETPI)
2008: Sr. Product Manager / Peering Manager at Globe Telecom (Dual role)
Peering, Interconnection & Strategy at Globe Telecom
Responsible for end to end evolution/optimization of Globe’s IP ecosystem, focused on the core infrastructure that functions as the local & international Internet gateway.

Nominee statement

Having opportunities to interact globally, provided different views and challenged existing norms. Likewise, shared the same and tried to contribute to the community. It is a very vast but interdependent landscape, and collaboration with good exposure is key.

The opportunity to work with APNIC EC will provide another perspective, both from and to the Internet community, a new voice and ear to listen. :)

My experience in various fields, including business, technical, product, policy, community, networking, etc, will surely be of help in this multi-stake holder Internet ecosystem.

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Nominated by

Organization

Globe Telecom

Reason for nomination

Vincent "Achie" Atienza has been with Globe Telecom handling peering, interconnection and strategy for almost 12 years now. His experience, skills and dedication in managing peering negotiations and strategy was key in the exponential growth of Internet traffic and increased market share for Globe.
Aside from this, Achie is also very active in the Philippine Internet community and considered as a "pilar" of the Philippine Network Operators Group. He was instrumental in the rebirth of PHNOG and currently function as co-chairman of the same. He is also acting as board of the Internet Society of the Philippines (ISOC)
Given his vast experience, contributions and dedication, I think Achie will be a good fit for the role of Executive Council.

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J. Maurice

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

I started my career at age 14 working full-time in a datacenter in the pacific, and have since attained over 20 years experience as a network engineer. Currently I work full-time on open source contributions to Bitcoin related projects and run my own ISP to host projects that need censorship-resistant infrastructure.

Relevant Board Experience

The APNIC EC has many well qualified members from many enterprises and large organizations. While I'm not from a large organization, I hope to represent the interests of individual internet users on the APNIC EC.

Senior Management Experience

I've co-founded technical startups, served as CTO and VP of Engineering for large organizations, and managed various large projects in my career. Full resume is available on LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/jmaurice

Nominee statement

As an individual ISP operator for 20 years who identifies with the cypherpunk community and founding internet ideologies, I feel I can bring some healthy opposition to the large number of enterprises and corporations which currently dominate the APNIC EC. The internet should stay distributed, avoid government regulation, and remain free.

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Nominated by

Organization

WIZ K.K.

Reason for nomination

APNIC needs more individual members on its EC who don't represent the interests of large corporations.

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Sumon Ahmed Sabir

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

Master of Science in Computer Science, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

Relevant Board Experience

Chair, Policy SIG, APNIC
Board of Trustee Bangladesh Internet Exchange Limited (BDIX)
Board of Trustee Bangladesh Network operators Group (BDNOG)
Board of Trustee ISOC Bangladesh, Dhaka Chapter
Core Committee Member, South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG)
MAG Member, Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2016-2018
IGF IPv6 BPF Coordinator (With Izumi Okutani) 2016
IGF AI, IoT and BigData BPF Coordinator (With Concettina Cassa) 2018    

Senior Management Experience

Chief Technology Officer, Fiber@Home Limited
Chief Strategy Officer, Fiber@home Limited From April 2012-October 2016
Managing Director, BDCOM Online Limited October 2006-March 2012
Chief Technology Officer, BDCOM Online Limited, October 2000-September 2006    

Nominee statement

I am Sumon Ahmed Sabir, current Policy SIG Chair of APNIC. I’m involved with APNIC activity since 1998 and a regular attendee at APNIC members meetings since 2005. I feel honored to be nominated for APNIC EC election.  I have accepted the nomination and now looking for support from the community.

In my day job, I am working as Chief Technology Officer, Fiber@Home Limited, running one of the largest telecommunication transmission network and Internet Gateway in Bangladesh. Besides this, I’m very much committed to our local & international NOGs, IXPs and non-profit organizations. For a long time I have been participating in such crucial technical issues with several governmental bodies for policy development, related to Cyber Security, RPKI, IPv6 etc. Being part of the Core-Com Member we have done tremendous successful events in the last 15 years in all over South Asia through South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG). It remains as a huge opportunity for the engineers for capacity building, sharing of knowledge and collaboration. Based on this success story of SANOG, in present days many local NOGs were created in all over Asia and performing successfully. I was also a MAG member and regular contributor in many IGF events.  

APNIC covers one of the largest areas in the world, with diverse people, language and culture. Working as their voice in APNIC, requires a high level of techno-policy knowledge and hands-on experience. Also as a part of the community member, I discovered the challenges of the local entrepreneurs, academia and engineers which is different kind in every economy. I believe through APNIC these challenges can be minimized, where strong leadership and capacity building activity is extremely necessary. I would like to contribute my knowledge, experience and expertise to APNIC Community by serving as an EC Member in the coming days.

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Nominated by

Organization

Internet Exchange Nepal

Reason for nomination

It’s my pleasure to nominate Sumon Ahmed Sabir for the upcoming APNIC Executive Council Election. Sumon is playing an excellent role as Policy Chair, APNIC for last few years. He is a great contributor in Internet Development especially in South Asia region. He has long engagement with SANOG since 2005 as Co-chair, Program Committee chair, Instructor and as speaker. He is the founder Chair of BDNOG, which is a great success and a role model for other regional NOGs. Bringing all ISPs together and setting up BDIX (Bangladesh Internet Exchange Point) is another notable achievement for Sumon. He has done significant contribution in the Internet Governance area and also served as MAG Member for Internet Governance Forum.

A very rare combination of deep understanding on Internet operational knowledge along with Internet Policy and Internet Governance expertise makes Sumon as a deserving candidate for APNIC Executive Council Position.

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Jamalul Izza

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

1999-2004: 1st degree : Electronic Engineering : University of Muhammadiyah, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
1996-1999: State Senior High School 1, Langsa, East Aceh, Indonesia

Relevant Board Experience

I have a deep and vast knowledge of IP based Network Operation and security through my 15 year of career in Internet service provision Industry, regular participation in various community meetings and workshops. With this experience and knowledge, I have been recognised by the Internet community and by the Indonesia government and hence I have been elected twice as the chairman of Indonesia ISP Association (2015 - 2018 and 2018 - now). APJII has never had elected the same chairman twice before.

During my two terms in APJII, APJII has then become very close partner with Indonesia Government and various Law Enforcement Authorities in policy making process as well as in technical related cooperation. My operational experience perspective always becomes positive contribution to various government policy.

I have also been sitting as Board Member of PANDI (Indonesia Domain Name Body) and IDNOG Committee Member from 2015.

Senior Management Experience

On the management side, I started my career as an engineer in an Indonesia Pioneer ISP and moved up as the network operation manager, managing the whole operation of Internet Service Provisioning and then became Chief Operation Officer of the Company. In 2012, I started my own small ISP, and, as the CEO, I have managed to norture and grow the company to become, today, the top 25 ISP company out of 500 ISP Companies in Indonesia, with which I would not be able to do without good senior management skill.

Nominee statement

First of all, I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to all parties that have nominated me and to all friends in APNIC to make this election possible. From 2 years ago, Indonesia suddenly became active in participating in EC Board Election. Our reason is that we would like to share all complexities, solutions out of an Internet Industry which now is serving more than 170 million users by more than 500 ISPs. We hope that this complexities along with its solutions may enrich knowledge based of APNIC Community and its benefits may be shared throughout all members of APNIC.

With Benyamin Naibaho terms in EC expiring, we hope that we still can continue our intention of sharing this Indonesia Internet Experience by having other Indonesia Internet Industry based person in the next EC Board member and our intention is that this is for the benefit of all APNIC members.

Once again, thank you for my nomination, I humbly requested for all APNIC members to vote in favour of my nomination. Thank you.

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Nominated by

Organization

PT Supra Primatama Nusantara

Reason for nomination

We are nominating Jamalul Izza (Chairman of APJII ID-NIC since 2015 until now) for the APNIC-EC, because he is very knowledgeable in the area of Internet infrastructure. He is also very familiar with the Internet Industries in his 20-year service. He is very active APNIC Conference, IDNOG, IGF, WSIS Forum, and Technical Group Meeting. His regional responsibility in Level 1 in Indonesia and his active participation in regional network activities. His experience services in APNIC-EC will certainly benefit the APNIC community as a whole. He understands the expertise, background knowledge and skills required for functioning as an effective representative of the APNIC community. He also possess the experience, maturity and knowledge to work towards building consensus within the community in APNIC

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Pankaj Chaturvedi

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

Bachelors of Technology Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Passed out 1989

Relevant Board Experience

Treasurer (Office Bearer) of Internet Service Providers Association of India for past 4 years
Secretary ISOC Delhi Chapter (3 years)
Event Chair SANOG (3 years)

Senior Management Experience

Have 30 years of rich experience heading different roles in Technology and Business as part of his various assignments. 
Regular Interacting with CXOs of large corporate houses.
ASO AC delegate to the 2020 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom).

Nominee statement

I am an active community member involved in Internet related technical and policy discussions for over two decades. I am actively associated with the ISP community both in India and APAC.

I have over 30 years of rich experience heading different roles in Technology and Business as part of his various assignments.

I have been regularly participating in APRICOT, APNIC, ICANN, SANOG, INNOG and other industry conferences in Asia Pacific

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Nominated by

Organization

Del DSL Internet Pvt. Ltd

Reason for nomination

Pankaj Chaturvedi is an active community member involved in Internet related technical and policy discussions for over two decades. He is actively associated with the ISP community both in India and APAC.

He has over 30 years of rich experience heading different roles in Technology and Business as part of his various assignments. He is currently the Treasurer at Internet Service Providers Association India (ISPAI); organizing committee member of INNOG hosted by ISPAI. Pankaj currently works for Dishnet Wireless Limited and manages Enterprise and Long Distance Business.

Pankaj till recently, served as Secretary of ISOC Delhi Chapter and is an active participant in APNIC policy discussions, SANOG and INNOG.

Pankaj is ASO AC delegate to the 2020 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom).

He regularly attends International conferences including APNIC, APRICOT , ICANN and SANOG.

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Swasthik Gopinathan

Nominee details

Biographical info

Education/Qualifications

Degree in Computer Application, with CCNP certified. CCNP certification was taken in 2007 and still certified by updating the network technology and attending the examinations.

Relevant Board Experience

Experience in ISP business for more than 12 years. Worked in RCOM communications for 10+ years with core networking. Including the routing and switching.

Senior Management Experience

Leading the technical team for Hipoint connect Private limited, for all locations in India. Before Hipoint, I was leading the team in Reliance communication for delivering the Internet connectivity

Nominee statement

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Nominated by

Organization

HiPoint Technology US

Reason for nomination

Having over 12 years experience in ISP industry, with core IP configuration. CCNP certified. Now working as a Technical Lead in Hipoint Connect Private Limited, which is one of the leading ISPs in Trivandrum and Cochin. Giving support for clients on how to purchase IP pools from APNIC.

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