Mr. Eliot Lear is a member of Cisco Systems’ Chief Technology & Architecture Office, where he focuses on technology policy, security, and identity management. He is the sponsor of various research directions at Cisco, including a focus on the next generation web protocol, HTTP2. The author of 43 RFCs that span the breadth of Internet technology, Eliot is a sitting member of the IETF’s architecture oversight body, the Internet Architecture Board, and has been a co-Rapporteur in the ITU-D’s Q22-1/1 “Securing information and communication networks: best practices for developing a culture of cybersecurity”. He previously served as the IETF liaison manager to the ITU-T, and on the U.S. delegation as technical advisor. Prior to joining Cisco in 1998, Eliot was the Internet Architect for the worldwide network of Silicon Graphics. Outside of work, Eliot is a student of history and an avid but mediocre skier.