Piet Barber
Director, Builds & Operating Systems
Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Summary
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SeniorPiet Barber is a seasoned infrastructure leader with over two decades at VeriSign, currently directing Builds & Operating Systems within the Architecture and Infrastructure organization. He brings deep operational expertise from his long tenure as a root DNS server operator (a, j, and formerly g.root-servers.net from 1998–2021), pairing hands-on systems stewardship with team leadership and security lifecycle management. Piet focuses on maintaining secure, auditable OS builds and tracking critical updates for large-scale internet infrastructure. Based in Chantilly, VA, he blends enterprise operations experience with a disciplined, safety-first mindset honed outside IT as an FAA-certified glider flight instructor and FAA-designated pilot examiner. That unusual combination of root-level internet infrastructure knowledge and aviation examiner responsibilities reflects a pragmatic commitment to reliability, procedural rigor, and mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
German, Japanese, German
Github Skills (2)
skyline9
linux2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
pietbarber/skyline-members
Jun 2014 - Sep 2017
The members only section of the skyline website.
Contributions:2 reviews, 125 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years 3 months
skylinemembersmembers-only
pietbarber/SeeYou-Cup
May 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:14 PRs, 22 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 1 month
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