Bill Woodcock

Bill Woodcock
Woodcock in 2001
Born
William Edward Woodcock IV

(1971-08-16) 16 August 1971
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (B.A. in Book Arts), 1993
Berkeley High School, 1989
Occupation(s)Executive Director, Packet Clearing House
President, WoodyNet
Chairman, Quad9
CEO, EcoTruc and EcoRace
Known for
Parents
  • William Edward Woodcock III
  • Charlene Louise Mayne
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Bill Woodcock (born August 16, 1971 in San Francisco, California, United States) is the executive director of Packet Clearing House, the international organization responsible for providing operational support and security to critical Internet infrastructure, including Internet exchange points and the core of the domain name system; the chairman of the Foundation Council of Quad9; the president of WoodyNet; and the CEO of EcoTruc and EcoRace, companies developing electric vehicle technology for work and motorsport. Bill founded one of the earliest Internet service providers, and is best known for his 1989 development of the anycast routing technique that is now ubiquitous in Internet content distribution networks and the domain name system.