Demi Getschko

Country:	Brazil
Email:	demi [at] registro.br
LinkedIn:	[demi-getschko Demi Getschko]
Twitter:	@Getschko
Formerly a member of the ICANN Board Featured in the ICANN 48 - Buenos Aires playing card deck Has attended 30+ ICANN Meetings

Dr. Demi Getschko is the Director and President of NIC.br and a former member of the ICANN Board. Dr. Getschko has been involved in Internet development since 1987 and was the part of the team that created the first Internet connection in Brazil. He has been the administrative contact for .br since 1989, and a member of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee since 1995.

He served two terms as a Director of the ICANN Board, from 2005 until June 2009, representing the ccNSO.

Dr. Getschko has also worked at the University of São Paulo as a professor and an IT consultant, he has been the manager of the Fapesp Data Center (1986-1996), which is a state academic network. He became the Technology Director within the major Brazilian newspaper, Agencia Estado, in 1996 . He is also a former Operations Coordinator at RNP.

He has been involved in ISOC since 1995 and is currently the Vice-President of the Brazil Chapter. He was a Global Panelist Speaker at INET 2012.

Education

Dr. Demi Getschko completed his B.S., M.S. and PhD. at the University of São Paulo.

Fun Facts

Dr. Getschko's first interaction with computers was a Burroughs 3500 in 1971. His first contact with the Internet was through a colleague of Vint Cerf's, Prof. Mario Gerla, and who taught a course in Packet Networks.

External Links

• Interview with Dr. Getschko