Russell S. Dietz

Part of Internet Society, The Internet Engineering Task Force is a technical standards body that gathers a large international community of network designers, engineers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the internet architecture and the smooth operation of the internet. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The IETF seeks broad participation and its work takes place online, largely through email lists, reducing barriers to participation and maximizing contributions from around the world. More than 120 IETF working groups are organized by topic into areas such as routing, transport, and security.

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is a collaborative industry forum that has been driving electrical, optical, and control interoperability in optical networking for 25 years. The non-profit company is based in Fremont, CA. With over 140 member companies, including network operators, system vendors, component vendors, and test equipment vendors, the OIF develops and publishes implementation agreements and technical white papers critical to accelerating market adoption of optical networking technologies. The OIF's current work includes projects related to 800G coherent line specifications, 400ZR, co-packaging, and common electrical I/O.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cloud Security Alliance provides security assurance within cloud computing and education on the uses of cloud computing. Its research program works in collaboration with industry, higher education and government on a global basis. The company was founded by Dave Cullinane and Jim Reavis and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Trusted Computing Group is an international industry standards group that develops and publishes specifications for use and implementation by the industry. The non-profit company is based in Beaverton, OR. The company offers certification programs to promote consistent quality among products built to their specifications and have several levels of membership for corporations, industry organizations, academic institutions, and a liaison program.

Metro Ethernet Forum promotes ethernet technologies and products. The firm enables service providers to create a global ecosystem of networks that deliver on-demand services for the digital economy and hyper-connected world. It produces LSO frameworks, open LSO APIs, software-driven reference implementations, service specifications, certification programs, and market education. The company was founded by Nen Chen and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Hi/fn, Inc. provides network and storage security and data reduction products to network and storage equipment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Forcepoint LLC provides unified web, email, and data security solutions. It offers data security consulting, security intelligence consulting, cyber security intelligence, training and technical certification, implementation packages, and government certification services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.