Jim Bound

Jim Bound Chief Technology Officer IPv6 Forum Jim Bound is the IPv6 Forum, Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, North American IPv6 Task Force (NAv6TF), Chair, Hewlett-Packard Fellow, and is an active contributor within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards body.   Jim was a member of the IETF IP Next Generation Directorate, who selected IPv6 in 1994 as the Next Generation Internet Protocol. Jim has been focused on networking as an engineer and architect to build products since 1978.   Jim is an IPv6 Forum recipient of the distinguished IPv6 Forum Internet Pioneer Award as the IPv6 Lead Plumber.   Jim, as CTO IPv6 Forum, is a networking subject matter expert and liaison to industry and government, and works with other industry associations such as the Internet Society (ISOC), Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) , and The Open Group.   Jim also is the Mobility Working Group Chair in the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC).