Questions:
1.
What can you tell us about the beginning of your
career at IANA?
<epg
#1> ICANN hired me in 2010 to lead the IANA
department. At that time Rod Beckstrom was the CEO and
Doug Brent was the COO. I think they were interested in
bringing me to ICANN because my background was a mix of
networking experience within the private sector and with
working under a National Science Foundation contract.
As head of the IANA department, it was my responsibility
to identify and address areas of improvement in the
delivery of the service in preparation for a response to
the upcoming RFP from the US Department of Commerce.
2.
How would you summarize your management at IANA?
<epg
#2> The IANA department already had a strong team
when I joined ICANN. My management of the department
focused on formalizing and documenting some well
established practices so they were repeatable and
predictable. In addition, it was a management goal of
mine to make sure we had a distribution of knowledge
across the team so that no single individual led to a
single point of failure. These two goals were
accomplished over time.
3.
In your opinion, what are the great milestones of
your management?
<epg
#3> The renewal of the US Department of Commerce
contract in an open bid process, the retirement of that
contract with the US Department of Commerce, and the
establishement of PTI, the affiliate of ICANN that
fulfilled the communities’ proposal to the US
government.
4.
Do you think you left any project or initiative
pending?
<epg
#4> There are always projects that are in progress.
We are still in the process of completing the
recommendations from the Framework of Interpretation
Working Group. We have started two multi-year projects:
one for a new registry workflow system for the protocol
parameters and an upgrade to the root zone management
system. In addition, we would like to improve the
usability of the iana website. Then, of course, there is
the DNSSEC Key rollover which has been postponded.
5.
What do you think are the "golden rules" to stand out
in the industry?
<epg
#5> A tough question. “Rules” might be: a) no one
owns the Internet; b) there is no centralized control
6.
After the ending
of your participation in IANA, how would you express your
legacy to the organization?
<epg
#6> Stable, predictable, high-quality, and responsive
service to the community.
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Regards,
María
Fernanda Alvarez