Raúl Echeberría
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Raúl Echeberría is Executive Director of the Latinamerican Internet Association - ALAI since 2020.
Since 2014 and 2019 he held the position of Vice President of Global Engagement for the Internet Society.[1] Prior to that position, he served as the Executive Director of LACNIC from 2002-2014.[2] He was also previously the Chair of the Board of Trustees for ISOC; he has held this position since 2009.[3]
In April 2014 it was announced that Raúl would be leaving his post as Executive Director/CEO of LACNIC after 30 June 2014. He was one of the organization's founders and served on its Interim Board of Directors until he was appointed CEO.[4]
Mr. Echeberría was involved in early Internet development, having led the project to connect the first non-University based Internet network in Uruguay, and participating in the various meetings and discussions surrounding the International Forum on the White Paper. He has been involved in ICANN since its beginnings, especially its Non-Commercial Users Constituency.[5] Raul integrated the first ICANN Name Council in 1999 on behalf of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency.
Other Industry Involvement[edit | edit source]
In the '90s Raul worked as IT Advisor at the Uruguay's National Institute of Agricultural Research - INIA. In those times, Mr. Echeberría also worked as an Internet Consultant for the United Nations, IDB (Interamerican Development Bank), FAO(1996), IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación en Agricultura) and other International organizations.[6]
He was Chairman of the Board of LACNIC from 2000 to 2002. He has participated in the World Summit on the Information Society, the Working Group on Internet Governance, and has twice been appointed to the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group in the U.N.'s Internet Governance Forum.[7]
He was also a researcher for the NAIS Project at the University of Oxford from 2000-2001, and program Coordinator and ICT Policy Monitor for Latin America and the Caribbean at APC 2002.
Education[edit | edit source]
Raúl Echeberría has a degree in Computer Science from the University of the Republic of Uruguay.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Internet Society Announces Raúl Echeberría As Vice President Global Engagement - Internet Society Press Release
- ↑ About Raul Echeberria
- ↑ CEO - LACNIC Retrieved 05 May 2014
- ↑ Cand, Members.ICANN.org
- ↑ Cand, Members.ICANN.org
- ↑ Raul Echeberria, es.wikipedia.org
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