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'''Raúl Echeberría''' is Vice President of Global Engagement for the [[Internet Society]].<ref>Internet Society Announces Raúl Echeberría As Vice President Global Engagement - [https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-announces-ra%C3%BAl-echeberr%C3%ADa-vice-president-global-engagement Internet Society Press Release]
</ref> Prior to his position, he served as the Executive Director of [[LACNIC]] from 2002-2014.<ref>[http://raul.echeberria.org/about-2/ About Raul Echeberria]</ref> He was also previously the Chair of the Board of Trustees for [[ISOC]]; he has held this position since 2009.<ref>[http://uy.linkedin.com/pub/raul-echeberria/7/803/748 LinkedIn]</ref>

In April 2014 it was announced that Raúl would be leaving his post as Executive Director 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.<ref>[http://www.lacnic.net/en/web/anuncios/2014-ceo-lacnic CEO - LACNIC] Retrieved 05 May 2014</ref>

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 [[IFWP|International Forum on the White Paper]]. He has been involved in ICANN since its beginnings, especially its [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]].<ref>[http://members.icann.org/cand/206.html Cand, Members.ICANN.org]</ref>

=== Other Industry Involvement===
He has been the Computer and Telecommunication Advisor for Uruguay's National Institute of Agricultural Research. Mr. Echeberría has also worked as an Internet Consultant for the United Nations (1999), IDB (Interamerican Development Bank) (1995,1999), FAO(1996), IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación en Agricultura) (1996,1997,1998) and other International organizations.<ref>[http://members.icann.org/cand/206.html Cand, Members.ICANN.org]</ref>

Raúl Echeberría has been extensively involved with [[ENRED]], which is a Spanish consultancy founded in 1995 that addresses issues of social equality and the development of the information society.<ref>[http://www.enred.es/index.aspx ENRED.es]</ref> He has acted as its alternate President (1998-), an Internet workshop Instructor (1997-2000), and the co-Chair of its Internet and Society Workshop, which has previously been sponsored by UNESCO. ENRED often collaborates with [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://members.icann.org/cand/206.html Cand, Members.ICANN.org]</ref>

He was Chairman of the Board of [[LACNIC]] from 2000 to 2002. He has participated in the [[WSIS|World Summit on the Information Society]], the [[WGIG|Working Group on Internet Governance]], and has twice been appointed to the [[MAG|Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group]] in the U.N.'s [[IGF|Internet Governance Forum]].<ref>[http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Echeberr%C3%ADa Raul Echeberria, es.wikipedia.org]</ref>

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==

Raúl Echeberría has a degree in Computer Science from the University of the Republic of Uruguay and a Masters Degree in Information Technologies.

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