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<p>** I am re-posting my candidature, since Jim wants a discrete
thread for each candidate with his/her name in the Subject line,
thus making the decision process easier **<br>
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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p><br>
I would like to put my application for the co-chair role. I
believe I could fit into Jim's criteria, not being among the
usual suspects :-)<br>
<br>
<u><b>About me </b></u><br>
<br>
I have been working at the French domain registry (Afnic) for
the last 10 years. Since the beginning, I have been carrying out
multiple<br>
IoT-related initiatives and projects internally and/or with
partners. My linked in profile: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandoche-balakrichenan-2a44645/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandoche-balakrichenan-2a44645/</a></p>
<p>50% of my job profile is oriented towards technology watch, and
thus involved in activities at the IETF, GS1 (RFID, Barcode
standardization),<br>
AIOTI (The Alliance for the Internet of Things Innovation),
RIPE, CENTR (Council for European Top Level Domains) and
LoRa-Alliance. <br>
</p>
<p>My interest in IoT includes identification, name resolution,
service discovery and using DNS infrastructure as PKI for the
IoT</p>
<p><br>
<u><b>Some milestones in my IoT profile:</b></u><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li> I had participated for two years at the European
Commission as an invited member of the IoT expert group.</li>
<li> Our IoT project WINGS (how DNS could be used for service
discovery in the supply chain industry?) was awarded the CENTR
R&D award for 2013
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.inria.fr/en/centre/lille/news/anr-verso-wings-project-wins-centr-r-d-award-2013">https://www.inria.fr/en/centre/lille/news/anr-verso-wings-project-wins-centr-r-d-award-2013</a>)</li>
<li> Principal contributor to the ONS standard
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.gs1.org/sites/default/files/docs/epc/ons_2_0_1-standard-20130131.pdf">https://www.gs1.org/sites/default/files/docs/epc/ons_2_0_1-standard-20130131.pdf</a>)</li>
<li> Contributed to LoRa-alliance (lora-alliance.org) Backend
interfaces specification on DNS usage for resolving LoRa
devices in the Internet.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><u><b>What I could do in the Co-chair role?</b></u><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Will be able to participate in all RIPE physical sessions
and other side meetings which a WG co-chair is supposed to
attend.</li>
<li>Wil be able to allocate time to follow the policy proposal
relevant to the WG; follow and respond to the mailing list
discussion; ensure milestones and with the help of Jim, liaise
with RIPE NCC.</li>
<li>Will be able to allocate time for administrative activities
(like soliciting contents, preparing the agenda etc.)
concerning the WG <br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>If you believe i can be of use, thanks for your support.<br>
</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Sandoche BALAKRICHENAN<br>
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