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==Career==
 
==Career==
George has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc. and also as a venture partner at the early stage investment company Polaris Venture Partners. Before then he was Executive Vice President and President of GTE Internetworking since the GTE's 1997 acquisition of BBN, a technology research and development firm. He was also Chief Executive Officer of BBN from 1994 to 1998. At GTE, he was responsible for creating GTE Internetworking and "leading GTE's rapid growth in the data and Internet Business, including integrated telecommunications services".<ref name=ICANN/> George worked for IBM, including the branches IBM United States and IBM Asia/Pacific (Tokyo), for more than 30 years. There he served as Senior Vice President and a member of IBM's Corporate Management Board. He has also served as: Chairman of the Board of Ohio Wesleyan University, a trustee of The Scripps Research Institute, a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, and chair of the subcommittee report on "the importance of basic research in the United States". Previously, he served as director for several companies in the health care, bio-pharmaceuticals and high technology industries, and as a member of the board of Viacom and Infinity Broadcasting.<ref name=ICANN/>
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George has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [[Akamai]] Technologies, Inc. and also as a venture partner at the early stage investment company Polaris Venture Partners. Before then he was Executive Vice President and President of GTE Internetworking since the GTE's 1997 acquisition of BBN, a technology research and development firm. He was also Chief Executive Officer of BBN from 1994 to 1998. At GTE, he was responsible for creating GTE Internetworking and "leading GTE's rapid growth in the data and Internet Business, including integrated telecommunications services".<ref name=ICANN/> George worked for IBM, including the branches of the IBM United States and IBM Asia/Pacific (Tokyo), for more than 30 years. There he served as Senior Vice President and a member of IBM's Corporate Management Board. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Ohio Wesleyan University, a trustee of The Scripps Research Institute, a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, and chair of the subcommittee report on "the importance of basic research in the United States". Previously, he served as director for several companies in the health care, bio-pharmaceuticals, and high technology industries, and as a member of the board of Viacom and Infinity Broadcasting.<ref name=ICANN/>
    
==Education==
 
==Education==
George earned his Bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1961 and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1971.<ref name=ICANN/>
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George earned his Bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1961 and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1971.<ref name=ICANN/>
    
==Related==
 
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