Alan Barrett

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Affiliation: AfriNIC
Country: South Africa
Email: apb [at] cequrux.com
ICANNLogo.png Formerly a member
of ICANN's ASO


ICANNLogo.png Currently a member
of the ICANN Board

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.

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