Biography
Stan Barber is chairman of the recently formed Texas IPv6 Task Force, which promotes IPv6 in Texas and surrounding areas.
Most recently, he was Vice President of Network Operations, at The Planet, a privately-held dedicated hosting, managed hosting and colocation provider based in Houston, Texas. In this role, he was responsible for the company’s network operations including the Network Operations Center (NOC), the Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC), and the Abuse department, which oversees issues related to violations of The Planet´s acceptable use policies. He also participated in SAS 70 Type II audits and supported PCI compliance efforts.
Barber previously worked at Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (NTT) America, as Vice President of Engineering Operations for two years. He also worked for seven years in a series of increasingly responsible management positions with Verio, an ISP and hosting provider that was subsequently purchased by NTT. During that time, Barber developed and managed its Network Operations Center (NOC). He also worked for ten years with the Baylor College of Medicine where he was a member of the team that developed one of the first network-based collaboration environments well in advance of the first appearances of World Wide Web.
He has designed and implemented a number of complex networks using TCP/IP, including IPv6. Barber is a noted authority and industry speaker on linking critical technologies with company goals and objectives. In 2000, he authored RFC 2980 concerning common extensions used by the Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP), while serving as chairman of an IETF working group charged with updating NNTP. In 2005, he testified before a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning the state of IPv6 deployment worldwide.
He earned a B.A. degree in biochemistry and psychology from Rice University. Additional studies include one year of graduate work in engineering psychology. More information about Stan is available at http://www.stanbarber.com.