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Chris Wilkinson, senior director of network infrastructure and operations at Internet2, was recently appointed to the Global Network Advancement Group (GNA-G) Leadership Team. He will serve a four-year term.
GNA-G is an international community of research and education (R&E) networking professionals, including researchers, regional and national R&E networks (NRENs), and global exchange point operators. They work together to develop a common infrastructure that enables data-intensive collaborations worldwide.
Wilkinson has been active in the GNA-G community since 2020 and brings 25 years of professional experience supporting R&E. For the past decade, he has played key roles with the Internet2 Network Services Division.
Currently, Wilkinson leads the network infrastructure and operations team in efforts to enhance Internet2’s network-delivered services and global connectivity. His work includes collaboration with institutions across the U.S. and internationally to promote novel use of R&E infrastructure and support scientific research. Among those efforts, he serves as the co-chair of the North America – Research and Education Exchange and is a co-principal investigator for the NSF-funded NEA3R initiative.
Wilkinson joins eight other members of the GNA-G Leadership Team:
- Osamu Akashi (NII – National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
- Dale W. Carder (ESnet, USA)
- Ivana Golub (PSNC, Croatia/Poland)
- Renier Van Heerden (SANREN, South Africa)
- Brenna Meade (Indiana University, USA)
- Alex Moura (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
- Marcos Schwarz (RNP, Brazil)
- David Wilde (AARnet, Australia)
Together, the team steers the long-term development of the global R&E network infrastructure. They also oversee a dozen active GNA-G working groups spanning areas like network automation, routing, security, science workflows, and resilient interconnectivity among NRENs.
Learn more about GNA-G and its leadership team.
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