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| + | ===ICANN Involvment=== |
| + | '''Alan Barrett''' is currently a member of the [ICANN Board]] and was appointed by the [[AfriNIC]] Board to represent [[AfriNIC]] to the [[NRO]] [[Number Resource Organization#Number Council|Number Council]] for one year, starting in January 2011.<ref>[http://aso.icann.org/news/3281/ Alan P. Barrett as AfriNIC’s regional representative to the NRO Number Council]</ref> He was appointed by [[AfriNIC]] to [[ICANN]]'s [[Address Supporting Organization]] to serve through 2012; he also serves as that body's Vice-Chair.<ref>[http://aso.icann.org/people/address-council/address-council-members/ Address Council Members, ASO.ICANN.org]</ref> |
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− | '''Alan Barrett''' was appointed by the [[AfriNIC]] Board to represent [[AfriNIC]] to the [[NRO Number Council]] for one year, starting in January, 2011.<ref>[http://aso.icann.org/news/3281/ Alan P. Barrett as AfriNIC’s region representative to the NRO Number Council]</ref>
| + | ===Committees=== |
| + | *Audit Committee of the Board (BAC) | Member |
| + | *Organizational Effectiveness Committee of the Board (OEC) | Member |
| + | *Strategic Planning Committee of the Board (SPC) | Member |
| + | *Technical Committee of the Board (BTC) | Member |
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| + | ===Education=== |
| + | Alan holds a B.Sc.Eng. and M.Sc.Eng from the University of KwaZulu-Natal(then called the University of Natal), Burban, South Africa. |
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| + | ===Career=== |
| + | In 1990/1991 he was involved in setting up the first Internet connection for South African Universities. After he was co-founder of the first commercial ISP in South Africa, then called TICSA, later Internet Africa and UUNET South Africa(1993-1999). |
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| + | Alan then joined CEQURUX, a small Internet firewall company, where he worked until the company went out of business in 2007. |
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| + | Was co-author of the 1997 proposal to create [[AFRINIC]] and appointed CEO in 2015. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
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− | [[category: People]] | + | [[Category:ICANN Board]] |
− | [[category: South Africa]] | + | [[Category: South Africa]] |
| + | [[Category:Technical Community]] |