David L. Wodelet
Dave Wodelet is the Director of Internet Systems Engineering for Shaw Communications, a diversified Canadian communications company providing broadband cable television, high-speed Internet, digital phone, satellite direct-to-home and telecommunications services throughout Canada and the U.S.
Wodelet has over 27 years of experience in the industry, holds bachelor and master degrees in diverse fields such as computing, education and genetics, and has published papers on computerized management systems and genetic insect control. He has taught at both the public and university levels and is frequently asked to give talks and keynote presentations throughout the industry to audiences ranging from a few hundred to web-casts viewed by thousands worldwide. He has presented for such notable organizations as Cisco, PAIX, Equinix, NANOG, ARIN, ISPCON, OFC/NFOEC, Big Pipe, Switch & Data, the Global Peering Forum and the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission).
Wodelet is a pioneer in his field. He was the first in Alberta to build a wide area educational network and the first to extend the Internet into the educational school system. He was also the first in Canada to do broadband data-over-cable trails with Shaw and went on to create its first broadband Internet service offering. He was the first in Canada to deploy a national high-speed 10 Gigabyte Internet backbone and the first of the North American MSOs to extend peering into Europe.
A founding member of ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers), he has played a central role in the development of many of the early ARIN policies pertaining to MSOs and broadband allocations. He served as the cable MSO representative for many years. As an active ARIN member and supporter, he sponsored a number of ARIN meetings and hosted ARIN's first international meeting outside the USA.
He is a strong supporter and advocate of open Internet and industry standards. His work on obtaining vendor support for open GBIC/SFP standards has resulted in enhanced equipment interoperability as well as billions in savings worldwide for the telecommunications industry.
Wodelet was appointed to the ICANN Board by the Address Supporting Organization in May 2006. His three-year term will end six months after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2008.
