Affiliation: ClueTrust
Candidate Assessment: Well Qualified
Candidate Questionnaire
1. ARIN 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. Trustees’ responsibilities have usually require about 5-10 hours per week.
No barriers.
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”)
I (personally) hold two IPv4 /23s and an ASN and am an LRSA signatory
I am associated with ClueTrust, an ISP in the ARIN region which holds several small IPv4 address blocks, an IPv6 allocation, and an ASN – all under RSA.
My day job is with a large enterprise (Capital One) which is an end user of ARIN-supplied number resources.
I serve ICANN as a Trusted Community Representative (TCR – Crypto Officer) for signing the DNSSEC root.
b) How do you propose to resolve any conflicts identified in (a)? (If no conflicts identified, please enter “N/A”)
I do not believe that any of these situations is an actual conflict of interest when properly disclosed. Three of the four make me a personally-interested consumer of ARIN’s services. I have a track record of helping make sure that ARIN policy proposals affect all similarly-situated organizations equally.
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 2025”). If currently eligible, please enter “N/A”.
N/A
3. Education:
a) Please list any educational degree(s) you received, the institution and the date issued.
I pursued a degree in Electrical Engineering at University of Delaware but dropped out.
b) Please list any professional designations, certifications, or development education (non-degree) and the dates completed.
Senior Member, IEEE (based on CV review), 2015
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.
Capital One is a multinational multi-line bank headquartered at
1680 Capital One Drive McLean, VA 22102.
I am a Distinguished Engineer in Capital One’s Information Security Office providing technology oversight and risk briefings for leadership. I drive technology evolution through the lens of good risk governance. My career arc of over 30 years as an individual contributor and people manager in large and small service providers and critical Internet infrastructure providers informs my thoughts about scaleable and secure infrastructure in a large enterprise.
b) Please refer to the ARIN Board of Trustees Guidance to the 2025 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.
My experience with the RIR system runs deep, having been on the ARIN AC for 19 years before joining the ARIN Board of Trustees in 2022. The last five years of my career have been spent in technology risk governance at a large bank. Good risk management an area of high relevance to ARIN’s continued viability.
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)Remove any personal contact information (postal address, email, and/or phone number) from your resume/CV, as it will be posted publicly as part of the candidate information.
https://arin-elections.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/seastrom_robert_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://technotes.seastrom.com
5. Governance Experience:
a) Please identify any boards on which you currently serve that carry fiduciary duties, whether at a for-profit or nonprofit organization. Please note how long you have served and what offices, if any, you have held.
ARIN Board of Trustees, since 01-Jan-2023. Served on FinCom, chaired Risk and Cybersecurity Committee.
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.
None
c) How does your past governance experience prepare you to help fulfill that role by serving as an ARIN Trustee?
My RIR system familiarity, two decades of participation in policy development, and ARIN institutional knowledge combine with my experience in tech risk governance to make me a valuable addition to ARIN’s Board of Trustees.
6. Describe any past experience or involvement with ARIN or other Internet governance bodies.
Almost 22 years of ARIN volunteer experience, on the Advisory Council and the Board of Trustees.
Since its inception in 2010, I have been a Trusted Community Representative for ICANN’s signing of the DNSSEC Root.
7. Aside from any governance experience, describe your specific skills, background, and/or areas of expertise you believe will assist the Board in carrying out its duties.
I have extensive experience in service provider networking; by address space allocated service providers represent the majority of ARIN’s constituency.