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Key Personnel

IPv6Now's key personnel have worked in the Internet world for over twenty years, developing a broad spectrum of experience covering business, research, law, consulting, Internet services and hands-on technical provision.

Tony Hill, Managing Director Tony Hill has over two decades of experience in linking research to commercial and other community outcomes, particularly through more advanced approaches to research management. In 1999 he established his own consulting business, Capital Hill Consulting Pty Ltd, to help foster improved approaches to cooperative research projects. In 2007 he jointly founded IPv6Now Pty Ltd to support uptake of the next generation of Internet technology, having been President of the Internet Society of Australia from 2001 to 2011. He was chair of the Australian National ICT Industry Alliance from 2005 to 2007 and is chair of the Australian IPv6 Summit Steering Committee.

Kevin Karp, Managing Director (Acting) and Business Manager Kevin Karp, B.E.(Hons), B.Sc, GradDipSIA, is the founder and Managing Director of PPS Internet. He has over 25 years of experience in board-level commercial management of ICT and investment industry enterprises. In 1995 PPS established Semper.Net, one of Australia's first Internet managed services networks. In 2007 Kevin negotiated and directed PPS's acquisition of Studentnet, Australia's oldest schools education network, and jointly founded IPv6Now. He is a founding member and Secretary of the Internet Society of Australia, a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

Michael Biber, Professional Services Manager Michael Biber is founder and current President of the IPv6 Forum in Australia and was Chair of the AARnet IPv6 Working Group. During 1998-2005, he was the Executive Director of the Advanced Networking Forum Australia (ANFA), which managed the MPLS Forum, ATM Forum and Frame Relay Forum representation in Australia. He has led strategic architecture projects for large, complex carrier and enterprise network solutions, ranging from regional/rural broadband networks to dedicated government and enterprise networks throughout Australia and internationally. Michael is IPv6Now's specialist in customised IPv6 services and training.

Kate Lance, Communications Manager and Acting Director Kate Lance, BA BSc PhD (Astronomy, ANU), has worked in Internet technology for over twenty years, starting as a Unix system administrator. She was System Manager and Director of Internet Services at the pioneering ISP Connect. She helped found the Internet Society of Australia and was its Executive Director from 2002 to 2006, which led to her involvement in IPv6. She also creates websites and writes award-winning maritime books – a history of the charmed life of a pearling lugger in Redbill: From Pearls to Peace, and a biography of Alan Villiers, the Australian maritime writer and photographer, in Alan Villiers: Voyager of the Winds.