Akram Atallah is the current President of ICANN's Global Domains Division, a new department created in June 2013 to oversee generic domain operations, domain name industry engagement and web services for the community.[1] Prior to his role in the GDD, Atallah served as ICANN's COO, where he played a critical role in the evolution and maturation of ICANN.[2]

Affiliation: ICANN
Country: USA
LinkedIn:    [Akram Atallah Akram Atallah]
Currently ICANN Staff


Featured in the ICANN 51 - Los Angeles playing card deck


Featured in the ICANN 57 - Hyderabad playing card deck

Atallah has served twice as interim CEO for ICANN during the transitional periods preceding both Fadi Chehadé's and Göran Marby's tenures as CEO.

Career History

Atallah has over twenty years of experience in engineering development and management, communications technology management, product marketing, and large business restructuring management. He spent over ten years at Conexant Systems and was COO of CoreObjects Software.[3][4]

Education

Atallah has an MBA and holds Master and Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is a trilingual speaker of English, Arabic, and French.[3]

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