Jose Salgueiro

Country:	Venezuela
Email:	jsalgueiro [at] cantv.net
LinkedIn:	[jose-ovidio-salgueiro Jose Salgueiro]

Jose Ovidio Salgueiro is the partner at Volpe Ardizzone & Salgueiro

Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, got his law degree at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Caracas) in 1989. Since then Salgueiro has done post graduate work in commerical law at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain, and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela.

Prior to his work with Volpe Ardizzone & Salgueiro, his primary practice at that time was intellectual property.

Mr Salgueiro was a voting member of the ICANN´s Nominating Committee, selected by the At-Large Advisory Committee during two periods (2005-2006).

Intellectual Property Law

From 1996 to 1999 he served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Guayana of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela; and since 2003 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Association of Intellectual Property Agents (COVAPI).

Since 1997 , Mr Salgueiro was one of the first attorneys in the country to study informatics and computer law attending several courses abroad and teaching in Venezuela. In 2000, he presented the first domain name case before local authorities.

Academia

Mr. Salgueiro has been a professor in informatics and computer law at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Caracas), Instituto de Altos Estudios Diplomaticos Pedro Gual (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Universidad Católica del Táchira (San Cristobal) and Escuela Nacional de Administración y Hacienda Pública (ministry of Treasury), all in Venezuela, and Preston University of Cheyenne Wyoming; and he has also lectured on those same topics in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Perú and Argentina.

He has served as an Advisor of the Superintendent of Electronic Signatures of Venezuela, and as the Academic Director of the Venezuelan Association on Informatics Law. He is the co-writer of the Data Messages and Electronic Signature Law of Venezuela and its regulations and member of the staff of Informatics Law Community Alfa-Redi.

Career History

• Representative ALAC at ICANN, 2007 - 2009.

• Member at Alfa-Redi, 2000-2010.

• NomCom member at ICANN, 2009 - 2010.

• Partner at Volpe Ardizzone & Salgueiro, present.

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Nominating Committee