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'''Fatimata Seye Sylla''' is an Independent Information Technology and Services Professional, an [[ALAC]] Member at [[ICANN]] and a Council member at [[FOSSFA]]. <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/fatimata-seye-sylla/9/85/1bb Linkedin]</ref> She is also the founding President of Bokk Jang 2B1-SN NGO, the Executing Agency for [[DFI]] and [[OSIWA E-Riders]] in Senegal, a founding member of [[SIRIS]] and [[ISOC]] associations in Senegal, of [[REGENTI]], a gender and ICT network, [[FOSSFA]], and is the National Coordinator of [[ACSIS]] Senegal.  

'''Fatimata Seye Sylla''' is an Independent Information Technology and Services Professional, an [[ALAC]] Member at [[ICANN]] and a Council member at [[FOSSFA]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/fatimata-seye-sylla/9/85/1bb Linkedin]</ref> She is also the founding President of Bokk Jang 2B1-SN NGO, the Executing Agency for [[DFI]] and [[OSIWA E-Riders]] in Senegal, a founding member of [[SIRIS]] and [[ISOC]] associations in Senegal, of [[REGENTI]], a gender and ICT network, [[FOSSFA]], and is the National Coordinator of [[ACSIS]] Senegal.  

==Training and African IT Development==

==Training and African IT Development==

She has attended many training programs on computer science, data base management, computers in education, web design, internet, multimedia, and networking. After working for ten years within the Senegalese government as a project manager, and for 9 years as the General Manager of a computer service company in Senegal, she ran the 3 year USAID funded Program [http://www.dfi.sn "Digital Freedom Initiative"] in Senegal  as the Program Director. As an international consultant for [[Unesco]], [[UNFPA]], [[UNECA]], [[ITU]], [[USAID]], [[UNDAW]], [[FRANCOPHONIE]] and [[IDRC]], she has set up computer systems and trained African professionals in several workshops. She has conducted research in the field of Information and Communication Technologies used in education, and gender equality; and has written and published several papers in the same field. She is a member of [[CATIA]] (Catalyzing Access to ICTs in Africa) Steering Committee Board. She has been actively involved in the whole process of [[WSIS]] as a member of the [[WSIS]] Gender Caucus, [[FOSSFA]] Council and [[ACSIS]].

She has attended many training programs on computer science, data base management, computers in education, web design, internet, multimedia, and networking. After working for ten years within the Senegalese government as a project manager, and for 9 years as the General Manager of a computer service company in Senegal, she ran the 3 year USAID funded Program [http://www.dfi.sn "Digital Freedom Initiative"] in Senegal  as the Program Director. As an international consultant for [[Unesco]], [[UNFPA]], [[UNECA]], [[ITU]], [[USAID]], [[UNDAW]], [[FRANCOPHONIE]] and [[IDRC]], she has set up computer systems and trained African professionals in several workshops. She has conducted research in the field of Information and Communication Technologies used in education, and gender equality; and has written and published several papers in the same field. She is a member of [[CATIA]] (Catalyzing Access to ICTs in Africa) Steering Committee Board. She has been actively involved in the whole process of [[WSIS]] as a member of the [[WSIS]] Gender Caucus, [[FOSSFA]] Council and [[ACSIS]].