Leslie Daigle

As Chief Technical Officer, Leslie is responsible for the technology strategy that advances GCA’s development and deployment of global solutions. She also leads the Internet Integrity Program, which is focused on working with Internet infrastructure operators to improve the security of the Internet as a whole.

Leslie was previously the Internet Society’s first Chief Internet Technology Officer where she helped to (re)create the global dialog on important technical issues, calling stakeholders to action by providing achievable targets and facilitating their own collaboration across (corporate) organizational boundaries.

Leslie is co-founder and co-host of the TechSequences podcast, which explores the many facets of Internet technology, along with its intended (and sometimes unintended) consequences.

What brought you to GCA, and what does GCA’s mission mean to you?

The key thing that brought me to GCA is working with technology in the interest of making the Internet better for everyone. I’ve worked in both for and non-profits, and I can’t get excited about building widgets. The fact that GCA’s mission is global and in a not-for-profit context is appealing to me.

What do you enjoy doing when you are not working?

I am an admitted fibre-holic. It started with knitting, and expanded to weaving and spinning my own yarn from fibre — wool straight off a sheep! I like the puzzle of making something useful — sweaters, socks, kitchen towels, and so on.