Bill Woodcock

Bill Woodcock
Bill Woodcock
	Woodcock in 2001
Born	William Edward Woodcock IV; 16 August 1971; San Francisco, California, US
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Cruz
Known for	Development of anycast routing; Establishment of IXPs; Cyber-defense operations; Internet governance;
Title	Executive Director, Packet Clearing House; President, WoodyNet; Chairman, Quad9; CEO, EcoTruc and EcoRace
Parents	William Edward Woodcock III; Charlene Louise Mayne;
ASN	42;

William Edward Woodcock IV (born August 16, 1971 in San Francisco, California, US) is the Secretary General 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.