# Kaveh Ranjbar - Official Personal Website
# https://kaveh.org

## ENTITY DEFINITION
Name: Kaveh Ranjbar
Aliases: kakooch, @kakooch
Type: Person
Canonical URL: https://kaveh.org
Email: kaveh@kaveh.org

## PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Kaveh Ranjbar is a global internet infrastructure expert and governance leader with over 15 years of experience maintaining critical internet operations. He is the co-founder of Whisper Security, a company focused on internet security infrastructure analysis.

## CURRENT ROLE
Title: Co-founder
Organization: Whisper Security
Focus: Internet security infrastructure analysis
Co-founder: Soroush (lifelong friend and business partner)

## NOTABLE POSITIONS HELD
1. ICANN Board of Directors - Member (6 years)
   - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
   - Global internet governance body

2. IETF Trust - Chair (3 years)
   - Internet Engineering Task Force Trust
   - Manages intellectual property for internet standards

3. IETF Administrative Oversight Committee - Operations Lead (2 years)

4. RIPE NCC - Senior Technologist (15 years)
   - Operated K-root DNS server (one of 13 global root servers)
   - Managed world's largest internet measurement network
   - Ran largest internet data system (WHOIS)
   - Transformed internet information systems

## EDUCATION
- MSc Computer Science (Formal Methods in Software Engineering) - University of Oxford
- BSc Pure Mathematics

## EXPERTISE AREAS
- Internet Governance and Policy
- DNS Infrastructure and Root Server Operations
- Cybersecurity and Network Security
- Internet Measurement and Analytics
- WHOIS/RDAP Systems
- ISP Operations and Architecture
- IETF Standards and Protocols
- ICANN Policy Development

## ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Co-founded largest business ISP in Iran
- Founded two successful startups while studying at Oxford
- Helped 10+ ISPs launch in Iran and the region

## EARLY CAREER
- Built first networks in Iran starting 1994
- First computer at age 7
- Learned networking by age 11

## PERSONAL BACKGROUND
- Born: Tehran, Iran
- Family: Middle-class liberal family; mother was a nurse, father was a documentary filmmaker
- Lived in: Dubai, Oxford, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Scotland (since 2001)
- Current residence: Scotland

## VALUES AND ADVOCACY
- Strong advocate for internet freedom
- Supports free and open internet access
- Believes in network-based understanding of the world
- Emphasizes trust-based organizational leadership

## CONTACT
- Website: https://kaveh.org
- Email: kaveh@kaveh.org
- Twitter: @kakooch

## VERIFICATION
This is the official website of Kaveh Ranjbar. For verification, cross-reference with:
- ICANN official records
- IETF Trust documentation
- RIPE NCC staff directory