Dmitry Burkov (
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: Дмитрий Бурков; born 12 April 1960) is one of the Internet industry pioneers in
Russia
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, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development, one of the originators of the Eurasia Network Operators’ Group (ENOG).
Biography
Burkov graduated from the
in 1983. While a student, he worked in the Microsystems Laboratory of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across ...
on modeling and development of various systems and networks. Between 1983 and 1994, he worked for the St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS).
In the late 1980s Burkov co-founded Demos, one of Russia’s first Internet service providers. Later he was a Board Member at
Relcom
RELCOM or Relcom (russian: РЕЛКОМ, Релком), an acronym for "RELiable COMmunications" is a computer network in Russia. It was launched in the Soviet Union on August 1, 1990 in the Kurchatov Institute in collaboration with DEMOS co-operat ...
, another oldest Russian ISP. He also worked in the management of the major Russian telecommunications companies: Comstar,
Rostelecom
Rostelecom is Russia’s largest provider of digital services for a wide variety of consumers, households, private businesses, government and municipal authorities, and other telecom providers.
Rostelecom interconnects all local public operators ...
and RTComm.
Projects
In 1990, Burkov directly contributed to establishing an Internet connection between Moscow (
the Kurchatov Institute) and Finland (
the University of Helsinki). In 1995, he participated in creating Russia’s first traffic exchange facility:
MSK-IX
MSK-IX (Moscow Internet eXchange) is an Internet eXchange Point (IXP) with headquarters in Moscow, Russia. With over 549 connected networks and 3,37Tbps of peak traffic (November 2019), MSK-IX is one of the world's largest IXPs. According to th ...
(Moscow Internet Exchange).
Burkov made a significant contribution to the integration and development process related to the Russian .RU and .РФ TLDs. In particular, he was the first Chairperson of the Council of Coordination Center for the TLD .RU (administrator of the Russian national top level domains .RU and .РФ) and remained a Council Member until 2009.
He took part in the operations of the Russian Association for Networks and Services.
Burkov ensured Russia’s presence in the following organizations: EUnet, CIX,
RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC (''Réseaux IP Européens'' Network Coordination Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia. Its headquarters are in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a branch office in Dubai, UAE.
...
(the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central).
From 2006 till 2018, Brurkov was a Board Member and the ICANN Liaison at the
RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC (''Réseaux IP Européens'' Network Coordination Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia. Its headquarters are in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a branch office in Dubai, UAE.
...
. In 2010, Burkov was among those who initiated the establishment of the Eurasia Network Operators’ Group (ENOG)
ENOG Organising Committee
/ref> and also took part in Key Generation Ceremony and signing of the DNS root zone using the DNSSEC
The Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) are a suite of extension specifications by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for securing data exchanged in the Domain Name System (DNS) in Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The protoc ...
technology. He became a Trusted Community Representative (TCR), a Crypto Officer for the US West Coast Facility.
Burkov is a member of the ICANN Customer Standing Committee (ICANN CSC).
Awards
Dmitry Burkov received an Award of Council of Ministers of the USSR for the participation in the development of the Soviet network operating system DEMOS, as well as an Honorary certificate of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. In 2020 president Putin awarded Burkov also a Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством») was established on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree No.442. Its award criteria were modified on 6 ...
"for achievements in setup of Russian segment of informational and telecommunicational network Internet".
References
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1960 births
Living people
Internet pioneers