Fred Baker was IETF chair from 1996 to 2001, when he was succeeded by Harald Tveit Alvestrand.

He has served as chair on a number of working groups, was on the Internet Architecture Board, and co-authored or edited 34 RFCs.

He has been active in the networking and communications industry since the late seventies, working for ACC, Vitalink and CDC, and is now a Cisco fellow.

He is currently the Chairman of the Internet Society.

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