Mark William Datysgeld

Affiliation:	GNSO
Region:	Latin America and the Caribbean
Country:	Brazil
Website:	Governance Primer
LinkedIn:	Mark William Datysgeld
Currently a member of ICANN's GNSO

Mark William Datysgeld is the director of the Governance Primer consultancy since 2017 and became ICANNWiki's Project Lead Developer in 2024. He served two terms (2020-2024) on the GNSO Council as a BC representative. He holds a BA and Master in International Relations, focused on Internet Governance. Mark is further specialized in health policies and in the usage of diverse language writing systems online. He has acted together with the UASG through most of his Internet governance career. Mark organized and spoke in several global and regional IGF workshops over its editions.

ICANN Involvement

ICANN Programs

Mark began his involvement in ICANN 53 as part of the NextGen@ICANN program and then as NextGen Ambassador (56), proceeding to become an ICANN Fellow (55, 58, 59) and Fellowship Coach (60). He integrated the NextGen@ICANN Selection Committee between 2017 and 2018 and continued to informally support and mentor members of the program throughout the years. In 2024 he was selected to become ICANN Fellowship Mentor for the GNSO.

GNSO Council

His work within the Council focused on bringing the views of Global South businesses and representating the priorities of the BC, between 2020 and 2024.

He co-Chaired the Small Team on DNS Abuse, playing a pivotal role in shaping DNS Abuse mitigation strategies. His consultancy continues to advise private sector entities on navigating Internet Governance, particularly in the areas of policy development, domain names, and multilingual Internet infrastructure.

Mark was one of the key players in calling for and carrying out work for the Preliminary Issue Report on Latin Script Diacritics to happen.

UASG

Mark was responsible for the creation or improvement of several of the UASG's methodologies and has served as consultant for several of their projects.

Mark in ICANN 76's playing card deck

Business Constituency

Universal Acceptance Steering Group

Internet Governance Forum

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).