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'''Raimundo Beca''' is currently a partner at [[Imaginacción]], a Chilean consulting company; he also sits on various companies' boards, including Puerto San Vicente Talcahuano and Telefónica Mundo 188.


Raimundo Beca is currently a partner at [[Imaginacción]], a Chilean consulting company, and is in the board of several companies, among which namely Puerto San Vicente Talcahuano and Telefónica Mundo 188.
He continues to participate in ICANN and its affiliated groups and meetings, and other industry events, such as the [[IGF]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yk6QhheinA Youtube.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/video/raimundo-beca-igf-2008 Diplo.org]</ref>
==ICANN==
Mr. Beca was twice appointed to the [[ICANN Board]] after being nominated by the [[ASO]]. He has been a member of the [[ASO]], [[ARIN]], and [[LACNIC]]. He has been a member of [[NIC Chile]]'s Steering Committee and on [[LACNIC]]'s Board of Directors; he is a founding member of LACNIC.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/raimundo-beca/4/290/52a LinkedIn]</ref> Raimundo served as the Director of a variety of ICANN groups, including : Finance Committee, which he chaired for two years, the Audit Committee, the Reconsideration Committee, the GAC Joint Working Group, the President’s Strategy Committee, the Structural Improvement Committee, the Executive Committee, and the GAC Board Committee.<ref>[http://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2010-election/raimundo-beca/ ASO.ICANN.org]</ref>


==Education==
His first term on the [[ICANN Board]] began in 2004, and ended in 2007; he was then re-elected for a term that expired in April, 2010.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/beca.htm ICANN.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/news/industry-developments/aso-ac-selects-raimundo-beca-to-serve-new-term-on-icann-board Ripe.net]</ref>


He holds a Civil Engineer degree at the Catholic University of Chile and a master degree in mathematical economics at the University of Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie.
He continues to serve within the [[ASO]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/raimundo-beca/4/290/52a LinkedIn]</ref>


==Work==
==Work==
Mr. Beca has held a number of regional and internationally prominent roles within the ICT industry. In the 80's, Raimundo was the “Chargé de Mission" of the French Ministry of Industry, where he led the development of its national online industry. In the late 70's, Mr. Beca had been involved in the first developments in data privacy, security, [[IP]] rights, and public access. He worked with the French ministry for 13 years, including spending time as a French delegate to the [[OCDE]] and the European Commission, wherein he was involved in the aforementioned developments. Before this he was a chief engineer at [[SERTI]]


Prior to joining [[Imaginacción]] in 2003, he was for 11 years CRO of [[Telefónica CTC Chile]], the Chilean local incumbent telephone company. During his tenure at [[CTC]], the company became also the leader in the long distance, mobile, data networks and [[ISP]] markets.
He then spent two years, beginning in 1990, as a Regional Expert in Information Technologies at [[ECLAC]], the UN's economic agency for Latin America and the Caribbean. In this role he drafted a Green book on IT policies, including a Decalogue on recommendations for IT privatization, and set a goal of 20% penetration of telephone premises in the region by 2000.
 
Prior to joining [[Telefónica CTC Chile]] in 1992, Raimundo was for two years a Regional Expert in information technologies at [[ECLAC]], the UN’s regional economic agency for Latin America and the Caribbean. At [[ECLAC]], he drafted a Green Book on information technologies policies, including a Decalogue on telecommunications privatization’s best practices and an ambitious target of a 20% penetration of telephone premises in the region, by the year 2000.  
 
Prior to joining [[ECLAC]], he was for 13 years “Chargé de Mission” at the French Minister of Industry, in charge, among other issues, of the development of a national on line data industry. He was also largely involved, as a French delegate to the [[OCDE]] and the European Commission, on the early international debate on the information society, in the late 70’s. To this extent, Raimundo was largely involved too on the enactment of the first rulings in the fields of data privacy, data security, access to public files and software’s intellectual property rights.
 
Prior to joining the French Minister of Industry, Raimundo was, in a chronological order, researcher and professor of econometrics at the University of Chile, CEO of [[ECOM]], the largest software house and data processing company in the early 70’s in Chile and ingénieur en chef at [[SERTI]], a top level French software house.
 
Prior to joining the [[ICANN Board]], Raimundo has been a member of the Address Council, the NIC’s Chile Steering Committee and the [[LACNIC]]’s Board.
 
Raimundo Beca was appointed to the [[ICANN Board]] by the Address Support Organization.
 
Raimundo Beca was selected for the [[ICANN Board]] by the Addressing Support Organization. His current term will end six months after the conclusion of [[ICANN]]'s annual meeting in 2006.<ref>[http://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2010-election/raimundo-beca/ Short biography Raimundo Beca]</ref>


He then spent 11 years as the CRO of [[Telefónica CTC Chile]], during that time the company became the leading provider of long distance, mobile, data networks, and [[ISP]] markets. He joined Imaginacción in 2003.<ref>[http://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2010-election/raimundo-beca/ ASO.ICANN.org]</ref>
==Education==
Mr. Beca received a Civil Engineer degree from the Catholic University of Chile, and a masters degree in mathematical economics from the University of Paris IV, Pierre et Marie Curie.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/beca.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
==References==
==References==
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Organization: Imaginacción
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Country: Chile
Email: rbeca [at] ctc.cl
LinkedIn:    Raimundo Beca
Formerly a member
of the ICANN Board

Raimundo Beca is currently a partner at Imaginacción, a Chilean consulting company; he also sits on various companies' boards, including Puerto San Vicente Talcahuano and Telefónica Mundo 188.

He continues to participate in ICANN and its affiliated groups and meetings, and other industry events, such as the IGF.[1][2]

ICANN[edit | edit source]

Mr. Beca was twice appointed to the ICANN Board after being nominated by the ASO. He has been a member of the ASO, ARIN, and LACNIC. He has been a member of NIC Chile's Steering Committee and on LACNIC's Board of Directors; he is a founding member of LACNIC.[3] Raimundo served as the Director of a variety of ICANN groups, including : Finance Committee, which he chaired for two years, the Audit Committee, the Reconsideration Committee, the GAC Joint Working Group, the President’s Strategy Committee, the Structural Improvement Committee, the Executive Committee, and the GAC Board Committee.[4]

His first term on the ICANN Board began in 2004, and ended in 2007; he was then re-elected for a term that expired in April, 2010.[5][6]

He continues to serve within the ASO.[7]

Work[edit | edit source]

Mr. Beca has held a number of regional and internationally prominent roles within the ICT industry. In the 80's, Raimundo was the “Chargé de Mission" of the French Ministry of Industry, where he led the development of its national online industry. In the late 70's, Mr. Beca had been involved in the first developments in data privacy, security, IP rights, and public access. He worked with the French ministry for 13 years, including spending time as a French delegate to the OCDE and the European Commission, wherein he was involved in the aforementioned developments. Before this he was a chief engineer at SERTI

He then spent two years, beginning in 1990, as a Regional Expert in Information Technologies at ECLAC, the UN's economic agency for Latin America and the Caribbean. In this role he drafted a Green book on IT policies, including a Decalogue on recommendations for IT privatization, and set a goal of 20% penetration of telephone premises in the region by 2000.

He then spent 11 years as the CRO of Telefónica CTC Chile, during that time the company became the leading provider of long distance, mobile, data networks, and ISP markets. He joined Imaginacción in 2003.[8]

Education[edit | edit source]

Mr. Beca received a Civil Engineer degree from the Catholic University of Chile, and a masters degree in mathematical economics from the University of Paris IV, Pierre et Marie Curie.[9]

References[edit | edit source]