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==Career History==

==Career History==

Before assuming the position of CEO for RU-CENTER in March 2009, Koleniskov served as Council Member for the organization and Deputy Media Director for VympelCom, a telecommunications company in Russia from 2005 to 2009.<ref>

Before assuming the position of CEO for RU-CENTER in March 2009, Koleniskov served as Council Member for the organization and Deputy Media Director for [[VympelCom]], a telecommunications company in Russia from 2005 to 2009.<ref>

[http://www.telecomru.ru/article/?id=5506 The Russian Telecommunications Market 2009]</ref>  

[http://www.telecomru.ru/article/?id=5506 The Russian Telecommunications Market 2009]</ref>  

He represented Russia in the development of the "Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society,” which was adopted by the G8 member countries during the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) conference in 2000.<ref>[http://wwwv1.agora21.org/informations/onu-rapport2.pdf General Assembly Economic and Social Council, may 22, 2000]</ref>

He represented Russia in the development of the "Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society,” which was adopted by the G8 member countries during the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) conference in 2000.<ref>[http://wwwv1.agora21.org/informations/onu-rapport2.pdf General Assembly Economic and Social Council, may 22, 2000]</ref>

In 1991, he served as Telecommunications Engineer for the All-Union Research Institute of Applied Automatic Systems (AUIAAS) and San-Francisco-Moscow Teleport (SFMT) joint venture. He was instrumental in the development of an e-mail system with direct terminal access and Internet channel connecting computers of AUIAAS and research networks in the USA. He was also one of the eight individual representatives for Internet service providers who signed an agreement that paved the way for the delegation of the .ru ccTLD. From 1994 until 1995, he took part in the development of the first license for telematics and led the introduction of Russia-On-Line, the first and largest Internet-dial up access service provider in Russia. He entered the telecommunications industry through public initiatives, including helping launch the telecommunication connection between the United Stated and USSR in 1988.<ref>[http://www.cctld.ru/en/about/structure/director/Andrei Kolesnikov - CEO, CC for TLD RU]</ref>

In 1991, he served as a Telecommunications Engineer for the All-Union Research Institute of Applied Automatic Systems (AUIAAS) and San-Francisco-Moscow Teleport (SFMT) joint venture. He was instrumental in the development of an e-mail system with direct terminal access and Internet channel connecting computers of AUIAAS and research networks in the USA. He was also one of the eight individual representatives for Internet service providers who signed an agreement that paved the way for the delegation of the .ru ccTLD. From 1994 until 1995, he took part in the development of the first license for telematics and led the introduction of Russia-On-Line, the first and largest Internet-dial up access service provider in Russia. He entered the telecommunications industry through public initiatives, including helping launch the telecommunication connection between the United States and USSR in 1988.<ref>[http://www.cctld.ru/en/about/structure/director/Andrei Kolesnikov - CEO, CC for TLD RU]</ref>

===ICANN Involvement & Other Activities===

===ICANN Involvement & Other Activities===

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