Steve Linford

Stephen John "Steve" Linford (born 12 December 1956) is a British entrepreneur and anti-spam campaigner best known for founding The Spamhaus Project.

[2] For a number of years he was under contract to Italy's 'GM' record label and worked on film music with composer Ennio Morricone[2] In the early 1980s he became involved in concert production.

When artists including Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson toured Italy, Linford served as their Production Manager.

[3] Today his project's technologies are used by an estimated three-quarters of the world's internet networks and serve over 3.1 billion email users.

[4] He is CEO of the Spamhaus organisation, a group of several companies based in the UK and Andorra[5] working in communications filter technology and cybersecurity.