Speaker's Bio: As CTO of Network Solutions and Manager of the Internet's master root server during the late 1990's, Mr. Holtzman not only oversaw the growth of the commercial Internet from 500,000 domain names to over 20 million, he also led the way in imagining and inventing a world in which technology positively impacts every facet of human life.

Mr. Holtzman began his long and distinguished career in the field of technology with the United States Navy as a cryptographic analyst and submariner, and at the Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center as an intelligence analyst. Mr. Holtzman's main area of interest today is understanding the layers between technology and society. As editor of a monthly publication called GlobalPOV, he collaborates with business, technology, and political leaders from around the world to clarify the specific ways that technology is changing notions like privacy, identity, and intellectual property. Mr. Holtzman holds a bachelor of arts in Philosophy from the College of General Studies , University of Pittsburgh , and a bachelor of science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.