Neil Cook leads the product strategy and roadmap for PowerDNS. Previously he was CTO of Cloudmark (now part of Proofpoint); a messaging anti-abuse company based in California. Neil has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham, is the author of two IETF RFCs, and is co-author of an IETF standard on Encrypted DNS discovery which is currently awaiting publication. Neil’s hobbies include open-source software development, cycling and beekeeping.