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− | George Sadowsky, who was born in Russia, is an American computer scientist who has worked in a variety of positions related to the international promotion of the Internet. He is a current Director of [[ICANN]], elected in 2009 and serving until 2012. He served on [[ICANN]]'s [[NomCom]] from 2005-2007, and was an adviser to [[NomCom]]'s chair in 2008. | + | George Sadowsky, who was born in Russia, is an American computer scientist who has worked in a variety of positions related to the international promotion of the Internet. He is a current Director of [[ICANN]], elected in 2009 and serving until 2012. He served on [[ICANN]]'s [[NomCom]] from 2005-2007, and was an adviser to [[NomCom]]'s chair in 2008. He has also been heavily involved with [[ISOC]] |
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| George Sadowsky received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale, he later studied and taught mathematics at Harvard. | | George Sadowsky received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale, he later studied and taught mathematics at Harvard. |
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| * Member, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Internet Society. | | * Member, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Internet Society. |
| * Reviewer for project and fellowship proposals for various organizations. | | * Reviewer for project and fellowship proposals for various organizations. |
− | | + | ==Career History== |
| + | George Sadowsky also lists an extensive list of his past career engagements on his website, some of which include: |
| + | * Organizer and chair, "Issues Regarding the Mobile Internet," Internet Governance Forum, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, December 2009. |
| + | * Member, Public Interest Registry Advisory Council, 2008-2009. |
| + | * Vice-Chair, Economic Opportunities Commission, World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) 2009. |
| + | * Member, Panel of Advisers, U.N. Global Alliance for ICT and Development (G@ID), 2006-2009. |
| + | * Member, Board of Directors, [[PEOPLink]], 2003-2008. |
| + | * Member of the Board of Trustees of the [[Internet Society]], 1996-1999 and 2000-2004. Member, Elections Committee 2001-2003, Audit Committee 2002-2003, Chair, Nominations Committee 1997-1998 and 2003-2004. Chair, Elections Committee, 2004-2005. |
| + | * Member, Steering Committee, Markle Foundation and UNDP's Global Digital Opportunity Initiative. |
| + | * Vice President for Education, The Internet Society, 1998-2001. |
| + | * Vice President for Conferences, The Internet Society, 1995-1998. |
| + | * Member, Program Committee, 1997 Telecomm Asia, International Telecommunications Union. |
| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
| [[category: People]] | | [[category: People]] |
| [[category: USA]] | | [[category: USA]] |