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Toshifumi ("Tommy") Matsumoto is Vice-President and Managing Director of AT&T Wholesale in Japan and the Vice-President and Chair of Policy Advisory Council of JPNIC, where he has been involved in the evolution of Japan's ccTLD operations, the promotion of IPv6, and the coordination of INET 2000 and the ICANN forum in Japan in 2001.

A founder and Board Member of JPIX, Mr. Matsumoto worked to start the first Commercial Internet Exchange business in Japan in 1996 and since that time has worked to promote Japan's exchange capabilities to ISPs.

He is a founder and Steering Committee member of Asia-Pacific Next Generation Camp, where he works to find, educate and encourage the young people who will take leadership positions in technology development in the future.