Paul Wouters is a Senior Security Architect at Aiven, a position they have held since 2021. Prior to this, they were the Founder of No Hats from 2011 to 2021. Paul was also a Founding Member of The Libreswan Project from 2012 to 2021, and a Security Area Director, Document Editor, and Participant at the Internet Engineering Task Force from 2003 to 2021. Paul was a Package Maintainer at The Fedora Project from 2005 to 2012, and a Senior Software Engineer for RHEL Security at Red Hat from 2012 to 2021. Paul was also an ICANN Technical Expert Group member as IETF Liason from 2015 to 2021, and a Design Team member for DNS Root Zone Key-Signing-Key from 2015 to 2021. Paul was a Board Member at MTCC 674 (Condominium of 300 units) from 2012 to 2021, Co-Founder of HackLab.TO from 2008 to 2021, and a Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel member at ICANN from 2012 to 2021.
Paul Wouters began their educational journey in 1983, attending Stedelijke Scholen Gemeenschap Nijmegen until 1988. Paul then moved on to NHL Hogeschool, where they earned a BED in Biology & Chemistry between 1988 and 1993. Lastly, Paul attended Radboud University from 1992 to 1995, studying Computer Science.
May, 2021 - present