Ken Bour: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:30, 25 August 2022

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	Formerly a member of the ICANN Staff

Ken Bour is a former consultant for ICANN, where he worked from 2008 through 2017. Over the course of his career, he became a senior executive and had 45 years of experience in all aspects of corporate management, financial accounting/administration, infrastructure/operations, customer service, I/T, software development, and HR/benefits. He sold his company Netvantage in October 2007 to a private equity firm and completed a successful executive transition through July 2008. After 12 years as President/CEO of a software company, he started KBPraxis LLC, a management consulting firm. In August 2008, he became a full-time consultant with ICANN, helping them with a large-scale process re-engineering and organizational change initiative involving the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). His specialties include executive management, organizational design/development, program/project management, and process reengineering.

Past Experience

District Manager at AT&T, 23 years working in finance, software development and sales compensation.
President at Netvantage for 12 years, a company that Mr. Bour sold in October 2007 to a private equity firm.^[1]

Ken Bour and the activity within ICANN

Provided assistance for an organizational development process for the Generic Names Supporting Organization.
expertise in technical and managerial areas. Besides this project, Mr. Bour is also involved in other initiatives in developing new procedures and offering professional advice on various design alternatives. ^[2]

Education

University of Maryland
The College of William and Mary, The Mason School of Business, MBA
George Washington University ^[3]

References

[1] Past experiences

[2] xperience at ICANN

[3] LinkedIn profile, Education

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-'''Ken Bour''' is a former consultant for [[ICANN]], where he worked from 2008 through 2017. Over the course of his career, he became a senior executive and had 45 years of experience in all aspects of corporate management, financial accounting/administration, infrastructure/operations, customer service, I/T, software development, and HR/benefits. He sold his company Netvantage in October 2007 to a private equity firm and completed a successful executive transition through July 2008. After 12 years as President/CEO of a software company, I started KBPraxis LLC, a management consulting firm. In August 2008, he became a full-time consultant with [[ICANN]], helping them with a large-scale process re-engineering and organizational change initiative involving the Generic Names Supporting Organization ([[GNSO]]). His specialties include executive management, organizational design/development, program/project management, and process reengineering.
+'''Ken Bour''' is a former consultant for [[ICANN]], where he worked from 2008 through 2017. Over the course of his career, he became a senior executive and had 45 years of experience in all aspects of corporate management, financial accounting/administration, infrastructure/operations, customer service, I/T, software development, and HR/benefits. He sold his company Netvantage in October 2007 to a private equity firm and completed a successful executive transition through July 2008. After 12 years as President/CEO of a software company, he started KBPraxis LLC, a management consulting firm. In August 2008, he became a full-time consultant with [[ICANN]], helping them with a large-scale process re-engineering and organizational change initiative involving the Generic Names Supporting Organization ([[GNSO]]). His specialties include executive management, organizational design/development, program/project management, and process reengineering.
 ==Past Experience==