Dave Rand, Chief Technology Officer, Internet Content Security, Trend Micro
Dave Rand is the Chief Technology Officer for Internet Content Security for Trend Micro. He is responsible for the integration of IP filtering and IP reputation technologies with Trend Micro's current strengths at the network and Internet gateway to create innovative solutions to problems such as spam, phishing and pharming. Mr. Rand joined Trend via the Kelkea acquisition in June, 2005, where he was the founder and CEO. Kelkea, previously know as Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS), was a leading provider of dynamic reputation-based anti-spam solutions. Mr. Rand co-founded MAPS in 1996 as the first Anti-spam company and pioneered the first IP reputation system using the DNSBL (DNS Blocklist) which uses IP addresses to identify and block sources of abusive mail. Since coming to the United States from his home country of Canada over 20 years ago, Mr. Rand has worked with the leaders in both networking hardware and software, including AboveNet Communications, Cisco, National Semiconductor and Novell. He has developed some of the most widely adopted network technologies, including the industry standard for tracking bandwidth utilization, the Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG(r)). Mr. Rand has been an active member of the Internet Engineering Task Force since 1991 and authored several internet standards.