Alexis Rossi

Alexis Rossi has extensive experience in various roles within the technology and internet industry. Starting in 1996, they worked as the Managing Editor at ClariNet Communications. From 2000 to 2003, they served as the Director of Editorial and Customer Service at Alexa Internet. Alexis then worked as a Web Consultant for their own company from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, they joined the Internet Archive as a Project Leader for Audio/Video Collections and later became the Product Manager for OpenLibrary.org. In 2008, they worked as a Product Manager at Mixercast. From 2009 to 2013, they held a leadership role as the Director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, where they significantly expanded the archiving project's capabilities and modernized its infrastructure. During this time, they oversaw the capture of billions of URLs daily and developed partnerships to archive websites from various sources, including Wikipedia. In 2014, they became the Director of Media & Access at the Internet Archive, where they led a successful redesign of the archive.org interface, resulting in increased user engagement. Currently, they are working as an RFC Series Consulting Editor at IETF, where they maintain the archival quality of the RFC Series and provides guidance on publishing policies and processes.

Alexis Rossi has a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. Alexis also holds a Bachelor's degree in English from Sonoma State University.