John Curran

President and Chief Executive Officer, ARIN

 John is a recognized expert on Internet and telecommunications matters and has been the Chief Technology Officer of three successful Internet companies: BBN/GTE-Internetworking, XO Communications, and ServerVault Corporation. John led development of several early Internet research networks and provided technical leadership to BBN’s transition to commercial Internet services. He has been an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), having both co-chaired the IETF Operations and Network Management Area and served as a member of the IPng (IPv6) Directorate. John is a founding member of the ARIN Board of Trustees, having served since August 1997. He was re-elected in 2000, 2003, and again in October 2006, and served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from inception through early 2009. Since 2009, John serves as ARIN’s President and CEO of ARIN, which is a non-elected, full-voting member of the Board of Trustees.

John Sweeting

Chief Customer Officer, ARIN

John oversees ARIN elections, the Policy Development Process, and all aspects of customer excellence across ARIN’s service departments. He also develops and maintains key client relationships with ARIN customers and key Internet number resource stakeholders. Prior to joining ARIN staff, he served 12 years on the ARIN Advisory Council and 1 year on the Address Supporting Organization's Address Council (ASO AC). 

Hollis Kara

Director of Communications, ARIN

Hollis leads the department that supports all internal and external communications for the organization. This includes ARIN’s website, Public Relations and Social Media, Public Policy and Members Meetings, community and industry outreach, as well as programs like Training, Fellowships, and Grants.

Brad Gorman

Senior Product Owner, Routing Security, ARIN

Brad is the community resource for RPKI, IRR and other similar topics that impact routing security within the ARIN region, and the greater internet ecosystem. He has worked in  the Internet community since the mid-1990’s, as a network engineer at service providers like America Online, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications.  He also spent three years as the peering coordinator for Verisign. 

Don't miss the chance to meet with
Lisa Liedel, ARIN's Director of Registration Services,
who is running the ARIN Registration Services Help Desk in Phoenix

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Lisa has been with ARIN for over a decade and serves as the Director of Registration Services. She came to ARIN with nearly three decades of technical support and customer service experience. You can always find Lisa performing the favorite part of her job: answering phone calls and working the front lines to support ARIN's customers.