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<h2>News Alert</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-05-25-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-05-25-en</a></p>
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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">ICANN Hires DNS Expert to Lead Research</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; font-size: small">Matt Larson Joins ICANN as Vice President of Research</p>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;">25 May 2016</p>
<p>Matt Larson, an expert in Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure and security, has joined the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as Vice President of Research.</p>
<p>"We are incredibly excited to have Matt on our team," said David Conrad, Chief Technology Officer. "An industry veteran, he brings to ICANN over twenty-five years of experience in designing and operating critical DNS architecture and developing and implementing
innovative research programs."</p>
<p>Larson comes to ICANN from Dyn, where he worked as their Chief Technology Officer, focused on engineering and technical architecture. He has also worked for Verisign and Hewlett-Packard, and served as Chairman of the Board of the DNS Operations, Analysis
and Research Center (DNS-OARC) and Vice Chair of ICANN's Root Server System Advisory Council (RSSAC).</p>
<p>Matt will lead a team of researchers to develop ICANN's research strategy. Building a world-class research competency is part of the office of the CTO's larger efforts to constantly improve knowledge about the identifiers ICANN helps coordinate.</p>
<p>He has written three books on the DNS, including <em>DNS on Windows Server 2003 and DNS on Windows</em>, and is a co-host of the "Ask Mr. DNS Podcast". He currently resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and two children, and works out of ICANN's Washington,
D.C. Engagement Center.</p>
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