Omar Mansoor Ansari
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| Country: | Afghanistan |
| Email: | oansari@technation.af |
| LinkedIn: |  Omar Mansoor Ansari
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Omar Mansoor Ansari has been the Director of The Founder Institute since January 2014; it is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, and he has held that position since January 2014.[1] He has also been the President of the technology firm TechNation since January 2010.[1]
Ansari is quite involved with the tech community of Afghanistan, and holds many positions such as:[1]
- Chairman of The National ICT Alliance of Afghanistan, a consortium of ICT players in the private sector, civil society and academia, since May 2007;
- Board Director of World Information Technology and Services Alliance, a consortium of ICT members from over 82 countries, since October 2012;
- Founder of TechWomen Afghanistan, a platform aimed at increasing women's participation in society through the use of ICTs, since May 2012;
- Cofounder and Board Director of Open Source Alliance of Central Asia, a consortium of Central Asian and South Asian Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) users and developers, since October 2011.
ICANN 51 in Los Angeles was his first ICANN Meeting, where he was an ICANN Fellow. He has also attended IGF and WSIS, and is involved with ISOC.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Omar Mansoor Ansari, LinkedIn.com.
- ↑ ICANN 51 Intake Form. Retrieved 2014 November 2.