(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The American Registry for Internet Numbers (www.arin.net) announced on Monday that, as of July 1, 2009, John Curran had been appointed its president and chief executive officer.
Curran, who has been acting president and CEO of the organization since January 1 of this year, will be responsible for building relationships with regional, international, governmental and regulatory organizations, and spearheading education and awareness on issues facing the internet community, according to the press release.
Curran is also a founding member of the ARIN board of trustees, and served as the organization’s chairman from August of 1997 to December of 2008.
ARIN, a non-profit organization, is one of several regional Internet registries, responsible for allocating Internet Protocol address space, creating concensus-based policy, and working to educate the Internet community at large about issues such as the depletion of IPv4 address space and adoption of IPv6, among other things.
“John is the perfect person for the job. His unparalleled knowledge of ARIN and the Internet industry, along with his extensive business experience is the best possible combination to allow ARIN to meet the changing needs of the Internet community,” said Paul Vixie, chairman of ARIN’s board of trustees, quoted in the organization’s announcement. “We are excited that he has agreed to come aboard full time to lead the organization and direct ARIN’s important registry, educational and policy initiatives during this critical time for the industry.”
Curran has served as CTO and COO at ServerVault and CTO at XO Communications. He has also been an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force.
The full text of ARIN’s announcement about the appointment is available at the ARIN website.
