Alan Barrett
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| Affiliation: | AfriNIC | ||
| Country: | South Africa | ||
| Email: | apb [at] cequrux.com | ||
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ICANN Involvment[edit | edit source]
Alan Barrett is currently a member of the [ICANN Board]] and was appointed by the AfriNIC Board to represent AfriNIC to the NRO Number Council for one year, starting in January 2011.[1] He was appointed by AfriNIC to ICANN's Address Supporting Organization to serve through 2012; he also serves as that body's Vice-Chair.[2]
Committees[edit | edit source]
- Audit Committee of the Board (BAC) | Member
- Organizational Effectiveness Committee of the Board (OEC) | Member
- Strategic Planning Committee of the Board (SPC) | Member
- Technical Committee of the Board (BTC) | Member
Education[edit | edit source]
Alan holds a B.Sc.Eng. and M.Sc.Eng from the University of KwaZulu-Natal(then called the University of Natal), Burban, South Africa.
Career[edit | edit source]
In 1990/1991 he was involved in setting up the first Internet connection for South African Universities. After he was co-founder of the first commercial ISP in South Africa, then called TICSA, later Internet Africa and UUNET South Africa(1993-1999).
Alan then joined CEQURUX, a small Internet firewall company, where he worked until the company went out of business in 2007.
Was co-author of the 1997 proposal to create AFRINIC and appointed CEO in 2015.