12 January 2011

Erik-Jan Bos, Chief Technology Officer at SURFnet, announces departure

After working for SURFnet for more than 23 years, Erik-Jan Bos has decided to leave the organisation in order to take on a new challenge in his career.

Erik-Jan’s creativity, strategic insight and enormous technological, ICT and network expertise have made a crucial contribution to SURFnet.

Erik-Jan was one of the very first SURFnet staff members and helped build all of SURFnet’s networks, from SURFnet1 to today’s SURFnet6. It was in part under his leadership – as the manager of SURFnet’s network services and later as a member of its Board – that the SURFnet network developed into one of the most innovative in the world. In his most recent position as Chief Technology Officer, he has been involved in on-going network innovations, for example Next Generation Ethernet, its planned integration with other ICT infrastructure components, and the development of open collaboration platforms.

Erik-Jan has also played a major role in the international network community. He has been active in various international working groups, for example the GLIF, where he chaired the Technical Working Group and played a key role in the development and implementation of an international Lambda Grid infrastructure. He also made vital contributions to various European projects and served a member of the Executive Committee of GN3, the project that realises the pan-European research network GÉANT.

Erik-Jan’s departure will be a great loss for SURFnet and the international network community. His work will be taken over and continued by various SURFnet staff.