Baher Esmat
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| Country: | Egypt |
| Email: | baher.esmat [at] icann.org |
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| LinkedIn: |  [baher-esmat Baher Esmat]
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| Twitter: |  @baheresmat
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Baher Esmat is the Regional Relations Manager of Middle East at ICANN. [1]
Baher Esmat is a former member of the WSIS Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), and served as Chair of the Egyptian IPv6 Task Force before he joined ICANN. His area of interests include Internet policies relative to what ICANN's authority regarding DNS and IP addresses and areas like access, mobility, and security.[2]
He received a bachelors degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Cairo University in June 1993, and a masters degree in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo in June 1999. [3]
Work History[edit | edit source]
- Baher Esmat joined ICANN in February 2006.
- From 2002 to 2006, he served at various positions of he worked at the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) including the Telecom Planning Manager, where his responsibilities included projects relating to communications infrastructure and service development within the framework of building Egypt’s Information Society.
- He has worked as a Systems Consultant at Newbridge Networks / Alcatel.