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Strategic Advisors
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Don Blumenthal, Senior Policy Advisor,
Public
Interest Registry
Don brings extensive
legal, technical and policy expertise concentrating in security, abuse, and
law enforcement related issues. He concentrates on those areas in his work
for PIR, as well as matters related to ICANN accountability and
transparency. Don is an adjunct professor at the
University of Michigan School of Information and Michigan State University
School of Criminal Justice, teaching courses on enterprise security
planning, privacy and cybercrime and cybersecurity. Prior to moving to Ann Arbor, Don worked at the Federal
Trade Commission, where his last assignment was to create and manage the
Internet Lab, the agency’s Internet investigations center. Don holds a certificate in
Systems and Project Management from The American University, a J.D. from the
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David Daniels,
CEO The Relevancy Group
David serves as strategic advisor to the OTA
Board of directors, providing input into a range of issues impact the
interactive marketing community and consumer experience. According to
Direct Magazine, David Daniels is "one of the most influential experts in
email marketing, if not the most influential." Until January 2010 he served
as Vice President and Principal Analyst with Forrester Research and
JupiterResearch. David is co-author of the book "Email Marketing An Hour A
Day" and has been a contributor to the Weekend Today Show on NBC. David has
held senior level positions at Apple Computer, Urban Outfitters/Anthropologie,
Micro/MacWarehouse, ProTeam and CDA Computer Sales.
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Michael Osterman CEO
- Osterman Research
As an industry expert in messaging technologies and
business requirements, Michael aids the Board in review of key solutions to
protect the integrity of online communications. Michael is the
principal of Osterman Research, Inc., founded in 2001. Since that time, the
company has become one of the leading analyst firms in the messaging and
collaboration space. Michael is a frequent speaker at industry events and
authors columns on unified communications issues for Network World Fusion.
Osterman Research provides market research, industry analysis reports, white
papers, Webinars, surveys and related services for vendors and customers in
the messaging, Web 2.0, social media, mobile, collaboration, information
management and other markets.
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Jules Polonetsky - Co-Chair,
Future of Privacy
Forum
Jules serves as Co-chair and Director of
the Future of Privacy Forum. As AOL’s former Chief Privacy Officer and SVP
for Consumer Advocacy, Jules was responsible for ensuring that AOL’s users
could trust the company with their information and for educating employees
about best practices for advertising, content, and product development.
Jules previously served for four years as Vice President, Integrity
Assurance, at America Online Inc. The Integrity Assurance team was
responsible for a wide range of consumer protection and risk management
issues for AOL’s brands (America Online, AIM, Netscape, Compuserve, Mapquest,
MoviePhone, Spinner, WinAmp, ICQ, Advertising.com) including privacy,
advertising policy, content and community standards, product standards,
parental controls, safety and accessibility for users with disabilities. |
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Joe St Sauver, Ph.D. -
University of Oregon
Joe serves
as Internet2's Nationwide Security Program Manager, and Manager of the
InCommon (SSL and PKI) Certificate Program, under contract through the
University of Oregon Computing Center. He currently serves in a variety of
advisory roles, including as one of half a dozen senior technical advisors
for the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, (MAAWG), as a member of the Team
Cymru Dragon Research Group Advisory Council, and as a member of the
Research and Education Network Information Sharing and Analysis Center
(REN-ISAC) Technical Advisory Group. He also currently serves on the Higher
Education Information Security Council Leadership Team, and participates on
an FCC CSRIC Working Group, and is a member of the board of directors of
CAUCE (the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email). His Ph.D. is
in Production and Operations Management from the University of Oregon
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Professional Members
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Mark Goldstein
Mark is founder and principal of SafeSecurePrivate, a cybersecurity and
privacy consultancy. Ever since he was a senior advisor at AOL and went on
“house calls” to customers’ homes to see first-hand the effects of malicious
software on their lives, he has been passionate about protecting data. These
customer visits resulted in AOL’s “safety and security” program which Mark
led for three years. This program included the first free ISP-provided
antivirus as well as backend enhancements which significantly reduced
malware for AOL customers. At AOL he also reported to the chief privacy
officer working on breach prevention/response, detecting vulnerabilities,
and leading the industry’s first ad-hoc group fighting malvertising. Mark
has a MBA in marketing from American University.
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Ellen Siegel, CIPP, Privacy & Industry
Consultant
Ellen leverages her more than 20 years of
experience in online communication technologies and practices to assist
businesses with data privacy, security, and email services, and to serve
as a technical advisor to the OTA. In her prior role as Director of
Technology and Standards at Constant Contact, Inc., she worked to define
and drive the adoption of industry best practices and standards to fight
spam and support legitimate email while balancing privacy and security
concerns. She has been a board member and Technical Committee co-chair
for the Email Sender and Provider Coalition, and an active member of the
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) and the IETF Domain Keys
Identified Mail (DKIM) Working Group. Prior to joining Constant Contact,
Siegel worked at Sun Microsystems where she led a number of projects
including mobile computing and JavaCard security. She holds a Ph.D. in
Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and an S.B. in Computer
Science from MIT.
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To contact OTA strategic advisors, email staff (at) otalliance.org
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