Affiliation: Network Technologies Global
Nomination Committee Evaluation: Qualifications not Demonstrated
Candidate Speech
Nominee Questionnaire
1. Board of Trustees Qualifications and Responsibilities
Please review the ARIN Board of Trustees Expected Qualifications and Responsibilities thoroughly. Please describe, providing specific details, any barriers you foresee to your fully meeting those qualifications and undertaking those responsibilities. A Trustee’s responsibilities have usually required about 5-10 hours per week.
none
2. Conflicts of Interest
a) Please disclose any conflicts of interest you may have, real or perceived, that would impact your ability to perform your duty as a member of the ARIN Board of Trustees. (If no conflicts, please enter “N/A”)
none
b) How do you propose to resolve any conflicts identified in (a)? (If no conflicts identified, please enter “N/A”)
n/a
c) Are you currently eligible to serve on the Board of Trustees according to the Conflict of Interest Requirements and the eligibility requirements?
Yes
d) If not currently eligible, describe how you will become eligible to serve, if elected (i.e., “If elected, I will resign from the position of ____________ before 31 Dec 2022”). If currently eligible, please enter “N/A”.
N/A
3. Education
a) Please list any degree(s) you received, the institution and the date issued.
- Old Dominion University, B.S. Applied Mathematics & English 1994
b) Please list any professional designations, certifications, or development education (non-degree) and the dates completed.
- IMD Business School – High Performance Leadership Certificate 2019
- Drexel University – Director’s Academy 2017
- Foundation for Natural Leadership – Leadership Program 2017
- National Association of Corporate Directors – Board Fellowship 2016
4. Employment and Experience
a) Please provide the name of any company or organization you currently are employed by, or from which you receive directly or indirectly a material portion of your compensation. Please describe the business of each such entity, your current title, and the office address of the organization.
Network Technologies Global
CEO – Founder
consulting practice Ashburn, VA
b) Please refer to the ARIN Board of Trustees Guidance to the 2022 Nomination Committee in answering this question: Please describe your relevant professional experience and expertise and explain how this background will make you an effective trustee.
Actively involved in ARIN policy since 1999; executive, engineering & operating experience in internet industry since 1996; board governance experience since 2003. Previous member of ASO-AC and chair of the ARIN AC.
I bring a variety of leadership and governance experiences to equip me to be an effective Board member of ARIN.
Attach a resume, curriculum vitae, or other biography highlighting your experience most relevant to the duties of the ARIN Board of Trustees. (PDF, DOC, DOCX files only)
https://arin-elections.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/da-silva_resume.pdf
You may also optionally include additional web links to external websites (e.g., social media), though not as a substitute for your biography. One URL per line.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondasilva
5. Governance Experience
a) Please identify any boards on which you currently serve that carry fiduciary duties, whether at a for-profit or non-profit organization. Please note how long you have served and what offices, if any, you have held.
Chartway Federal Credit Union – since 2021
- Asset/Liability Management Committee
- Legislative, Regulatory & Advocacy Committee (Chair)
CertifiedTrue – since 2018 Forest Manor HOA – since 2004 (President)
b) Please identify any other boards on which you have served in the past 10 years that are not included in answer to (a), listing your dates of service.
The Data Center Coalition – 2021 – 2022 ICANN – 2015 – 2021
c) What is the role of ARIN’s Board of Trustees?
Overall responsibility of oversight for ARIN, representing interests of members and stakeholders.
d) How does your past governance experience prepare you to help fulfill that role by serving as an ARIN Trustee?
I bring a variety of governance experiences that will add diversity to the Board as well as a rich history in the ARIN community and industry.
6. Understanding of ARIN’s role in the Internet governance ecosystem
a) What is ARIN’s role in the Internet governance ecosystem?
Managing the coordination of internet numbering resources in the region and as part of the global RIR system.
b) Describe any past experience or involvement with ARIN or other Internet governance bodies.
Internet governance experience includes participation in ARIN ASO-AC, ARIN-AC, ICANN, IGF-USA, IGF, ISOC, IETF
7. Board Discussion Topics
a) Risk Oversight and Management
i) Understanding and overseeing organizational and environmental risk is an important responsibility of Trustees. What do you see as potential risks to the organization, and which are newer risks that have emerged more recently?
I continue to believe governmental jurisdictional overreach is a risk to protecting the technical internet governance of internet resources. This is particularly highlighted in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine and increased calls for governmental involvement, digital state sovereignty and segmentation of the global internet. Within the ARIN region, this can be seen with differing political agendas from different states and provinces sometimes at odds with the governments of Canada, U.S. and the Caribbean countries. Even regulations being formed outside of the ARIN region have the risk of impacting operations as many members of ARIN are multinational businesses with complex compliance and increasingly difficult reconciliations between ofttimes conflicting requirements from governments and regulatory agencies.
ii) How should the Board best discharge its responsibilities regarding risk oversight and management?
It is important that management and the Board regular review existing risks and new risks, maintain a risk register and develop appropriate mitigation strategies for identified risks.
iii) How will you contribute to strengthening risk oversight and management at ARIN?
Drawing on prior risk / strategy development for other boards, I can actively drive and support the ongoing risk management priority of the board.
b) Strategy
i) Supporting and reviewing the strategic direction identified by ARIN’s management, in consultation with its membership, is an important responsibility of Trustees. Based on your understanding of ARIN’s current strategic plan and the environment in which it operates, what opportunities or challenges do you foresee for the organization?
I think internet routing security and internet governance remain important challenges for the organization. Increases in internet infrastructure security issues escalates interests by governments, consumer advocates and civil society practitioners. To the extent that organizations (like ARIN) responsible for the governance of technical operations of the internet don’t adequately address the ongoing assault by bad actors, governments and other advocates will make efforts to regulate, restrict or otherwise pressure the industry in an attempt to protect the interests of end users. It is important for internet technical bodies to continue to work together to protect their self-governing and independent role in sustaining open and accessible access to internet technologies, services and common infrastructures.
ii) How might these challenges and opportunities influence current or future strategic plans?
As discussed in risk above, strategy and risk should be regularly reviewed and plans / mitigation steps identified. These strategic issues of advocacy for ongoing open / accessible internet need to continue to be included in that exercise.
iii) Please explain how your background and experience would help in addressing what you believe are ARIN’s greatest challenges.
My strong and diverse governance experience will help increase the Board’s ability to deal with ongoing challenges of internet governance, membership involvement, services/operating demands while transitioning from IPv4 transfer market to predominate IPv6 operation, support of other RIR’s and their solvency challenges, ongoing pressures from outside the RIR ecosystem on the numbering administration (e.g. governments, civil society, consumer protection advocates).