Donald Smith is responsible for technology leadership, proposals, and strategic direction. His contributions include DCID 6/16, NISPOM chapter 8, DNS changer working group (DCWG), Conficker WG, and numerous security BCPs and RFCs. He has been a SANS handler since 2002. He has spoken at many conferences; including NANOG 33,42,52,71; University of Denver, SecureWorld, Botnet and SANS conferences. Prior to joining CenturyLink, Donald he worked at CDC Inc. and for the US Army. He received his BS in Computer Science from the UW and GIAC from the SANS.