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'''Fadi Chehadé''' is the incoming President and CEO of [[ICANN]]. He is set to take over from the Interim CEO [[Akram Atallah]] on or before October 1, 2012. | '''Fadi Chehadé''' is the incoming President and CEO of [[ICANN]]. He is set to take over from the Interim CEO [[Akram Atallah]] on or before October 1, 2012. | ||
Fadi attended [[ICANN 44]] in Prague, Czech Republic, and gave a speech during the Opening Ceremony.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/06/25/new-icann-ceo-fadi-chehade-impresses-in-opening-session-the-internet-is-the-greatest-public-gift/ New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”, thedomains.com]</ref> | |||
==Career History== | ==Career History== | ||
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Fadi Chehadé is the incoming President and CEO of ICANN. He is set to take over from the Interim CEO Akram Atallah on or before October 1, 2012.
Fadi attended ICANN 44 in Prague, Czech Republic, and gave a speech during the Opening Ceremony.[1]
Career History
Chehadé has more than 25 years of experience in founding and leading progressive Internet businesses. He served most recently as the CEO of Vocado (October 2010 - October 2012), a firm providing cloud-based software to the administrations of educational institutions. Prior, he was CEO of CoreObjects Software (April 2009 – August 2010), a leader in new product software development services for both large and growing companies. In his time there, he oversaw the company's growth to more than 400 employees and its acquisition by Symphony Services. From February 2006 until March 2009, Fadi served as the General Manager of IBM's Global Technology Services in the Middle East and North Africa Department, following IBM's acquisition of his company, Viacore Inc. He founded Viacore, a B2B process integration hub, in February, 2000. From February 1998 until February 2000, he served as the Founder and CEO of RosettaNet, a non-profit multi-stakeholder company that lead major international corporations including IBM, Microsoft, HP, Nokia, and Oracle, to collaborate on B2B standards. From July 1996 until February 1998, Chehadé served as the Vice President of Ingram Micro. In 1988, he founded Connectica Inc. and served as its CEO for 8 years. He began his career as a Systems Engineer at AT&T's Bell Labs.[2][3]
Education
Chehadé received his M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University in 1986 and his B.S. in Computer Science from Polytechnic University in 1985.[4] He speaks English, Arabic, French, and Italian.[5]