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− | '''Ali Almeshal''' is the Director of Strategic Alliance and a Board Member of the Bahrain [[ISOC|Internet Society]]. He has been involved in the group since 2007, and has held a position on the Board since 2010. He has a background in finance and business, and led the IT department of Credimax for 15 years. Within [[ICANN]] he is involved in the [[ALAC]]. | + | '''Ali Almeshal''' is the Director of Strategic Alliance and a Board Member of the Bahrain [[ISOC|Internet Society]]. He has been involved in the group since 2007 and has held a position on the Board since 2010. He has a background in finance and business, and led the IT department of Credimax for 5 years before transferring to its Merchant Department.<ref name="linkedin">[http://www.linkedin.com/in/alialmeshal Ali Almeshal, LinkedIn.com.]</ref> Within [[ICANN]] he is involved in the [[ALAC]]; he is also a three-time [[ICANN Fellow]], at [[ICANN 44]] in Prague, [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto, and [[ICANN 48]] in Buenos Aires.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12aug13-en.htm Announcement, ICANN.org]</ref> |
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− | Mr. Almeshal is a speaker on ebusiness and cyber security and international conferences.<ref>[[ICANN 45]] Interview</ref> | + | Mr. Almeshal is a speaker on ebusiness and cyber security and international conferences, and has done freelance lecturing for [[Ernst & Young]].<ref>[[ICANN 45]] Interview</ref><ref name="datamatix">[http://www.datamatixgroup.com/conferences/bio.asp?id=653 Bio, DataMatixGroup.com]</ref> |
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| + | In his career in IT and Finance, he has also worked at the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait. Projects he has led at Credimax include setting up a new joint venture company in Bahrain, Global Payment Services (GPS), which was a third-party processor for card business. He also managed a full migration project from a legacy system to a totally new platform as well as managing and implementing three different e-commerce projects.<ref name="datamatix"></ref> |
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| + | He holds a degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Bahrain and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology.<ref name="linkedin"></ref> |
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| + | [[Category:ICANN Fellow]] |
| + | [[Category:ALAC Member]] |
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