Maarten Botterman
Maarten Botterman is Director of GNKS Consult BV[1] and was appointed by NomCom to join the ICANN Board at the AGM in Hyderabad, 2016. He was reappointed for a second term on the ICANN Board by the NomCom at ICANN 66, the AGM in Montréal, 2019. [2]. From 2010 to 2016, Botterman was Chairman of the Public Interest Registry and has been a board member since 2008.[3] PIR is the non-profit GTLD responsible for managing the .org and the .ngo/.ong domain and five IDN variants of .org.
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Since 1987, he has been active in the development of projects and policies exploring the potential of ICT and Internet technologies for social applications. In the late 1980s, he was involved in the implementation of integrated online office environments, which foster new ways of working together. In the 1990s, he focused on the use of technology to enable working outside of the office (telework). He piloted a telework project for the Dutch public service and facilitated debates at the European level as a Scientific Officer for the European Commission.
Since then, he has focused on improving the dependability and security of networks and information systems, privacy and data protection, and the future of the Internet and Internet governance, including the Internet of Things.
Botterman is the Director of GNKS Consult and actively involved in global Internet development issues. He is currently acting as the Chairman of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Internet of Things and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NLnet Foundation. He has long been fascinated by the interaction between Internet technology and society and has spent most of his career “getting the best out of it.” Botterman has been actively involved in ICANN since 2008, when he joined the Board of the Public Interest Registry.
Since 2006, he has participated in the development of EU policy on RFID and the Internet of Things. He is a partner in the EU-sponsored project Smart Action, which is responsible for the policy aspects of IoT developments. With the DC-IoT, he presented a statement on IoT Good Practice Policies for the global meeting of the 10th IGF in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, November 2015. [4]
Botterman has attended RIPE meetings and presented survey results conducted together with the RIRs on IPv6 deployment for a number of years.[5]
Current Positions
- Director of the Board, ICANN
- Director, GNKS Consult BV
- Chairman, IGF Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board, NLnet Foundation
Career History
- Chairman, Public Interest Registry (2008 - 2016)
- CEO, (Interim) at Public Interest Registry (2010) (http://www.pir.org)
- CEO, Information Assurance Advisory Council (2003 - 2006) (http://www.iaac.org.uk)
- Director, Information Society at RAND Europe (1999 - 2006) (http://www.rand.org)
- Scientific Officer, European Commission (1995 - 1999)
- Senior Telework Consultant and Policy Advisor, Dutch Ministry of Transport (1992 - 1995)
- Head of Information Management and EDP-Department at Ministry of Transport - North Sea Directorate (1987 - 1992)
Education
Botterman received a bachelor's in Economics and a master's in Business Economics from Erasmus University-Rotterdam.[6]