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Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi is a Malaysian national, currently working as the Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chairman, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ([[MCMC]]). | '''Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi''' is a Malaysian national, currently working as the Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chairman, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ([[MCMC]]). | ||
Sharil was invited to join the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ([[MCMC]]) in May 2000 and prior to assuming his current position in March 2003, he was responsible for leading new development initiatives such as licensing migration to a convergence framework, 3G mobile systems, broadband initiatives, capacity building programmes on bridging the digital divide and self regulation in the communications and multimedia sector within the [[MCMC]]. | Sharil was invited to join the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ([[MCMC]]) in May 2000 and prior to assuming his current position in March 2003, he was responsible for leading new development initiatives such as licensing migration to a convergence framework, 3G mobile systems, broadband initiatives, capacity building programmes on bridging the digital divide and self regulation in the communications and multimedia sector within the [[MCMC]]. | ||
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Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi is a Malaysian national, currently working as the Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chairman, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
Sharil was invited to join the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in May 2000 and prior to assuming his current position in March 2003, he was responsible for leading new development initiatives such as licensing migration to a convergence framework, 3G mobile systems, broadband initiatives, capacity building programmes on bridging the digital divide and self regulation in the communications and multimedia sector within the MCMC.
Sharil is also involved in numerous developmental initiatives internationally and is actively involved in various international speaking and training engagements. Amongst the organisations that he has collaborated with are the International Telecoms Union (ITU), the Commonwealth Telecoms Organisation (CTO), the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) and the Pacific Telecoms Council (PTC).
Sharil also works closely with other international organizations in the internet field such as ICANN where he is currently the Chairman of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) in ICANN and a member of ICANN’s Board of Directors. GAC is a grouping of about 91 governments, distinct economies and intergovernmental organizations in the world interested in domain names and internet matters.
Sharil has been involved in the ICANN process issues relating to Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) where he was involved in the early development of identifying problems in the deployment of IDNs.
Before joining the MCMC, Sharil was an attorney specializing in construction law and privatization of utilities before moving on to communications, multimedia and e-commerce issues and has acted in an advisory capacity to multi-national clients in domestic and foreign projects.
Sharil was also involved in advising multinational clients in relation to their participation in the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Project and was particularly involved in two out of the seven initial MSC Flagship Projects in Malaysia.
Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi was selected as non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board by the Governmental Advisory Committee. His current term will end after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2005.[1]