Akira Kato graduated from Tokyo National College of Technology in 1982 and Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1984. He completed his Master’s and doctoral work at the School of Science and Engineering in 1986 and received a PhD in Media and Governance from Keio University in 2004. He joined KMD in 2008 as a professor, where he is currently a Professor with the Graduate School of Media Design. He worked on several IXes, including NSPIXP, NSPIXP2, NSPIXP6, DIX-IE, and T-LEX, and has been involved in the operation of the M-Root DNS Server since 1997 and 10/100Gbps R&E networks since 2004.