Ben Campbell is an independent consultant in the real-time communication industry and co-chair of the STIR working group. In the past, he has served on the IAB, as ART Area Director, and as chair for the DISPATCH, DART, XMPP, and SIMPLE working groups. Ben has worked in the IETF since 2000, primarily focused on real-time communication protocols. He co-authored several RFCs in the area, includingRFC 3428 andRFC 4975. Previously he has been a member of the CTO teams at Oracle Communication and Tekelec, and was a founding partner at Estacado Systems. When not reading internet-drafts, Ben enjoys sailing and middle-eastern percussion.