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He was ICANN's longest serving CEO,<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02mar09-en.htm ICANN.org/announcements]</ref> and is also the first non-U.S. citizen to head the corporation.<ref>[https://alumni.mckinsey.com/alumni/default/public/content/jsp/alumni_news/News459.jsp Alumni.McKinsey.com]</ref> He defended the functionality of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model in a U.S. congressional hearing,<ref>[http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/108/hearings/09212006Hearing2035/Twomey3206.htm Republicans.EnergyCommerce.House.Gov]</ref> and also led and spoke for ICANN at the [[WSIS]]' first meetings.
He was ICANN's longest serving CEO,<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02mar09-en.htm ICANN.org/announcements]</ref> and is also the first non-U.S. citizen to head the corporation.<ref>[https://alumni.mckinsey.com/alumni/default/public/content/jsp/alumni_news/News459.jsp Alumni.McKinsey.com]</ref> He defended the functionality of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model in a U.S. congressional hearing,<ref>[http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/108/hearings/09212006Hearing2035/Twomey3206.htm Republicans.EnergyCommerce.House.Gov]</ref> and also led and spoke for ICANN at the [[WSIS]]' first meetings.
An editorial piece, written by Dr. Twomey and printed by the BBC, on the positive economic and social potential of the Internet can be read [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8064579.stm here].
===Early Career===
===Early Career===