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It was reported on February 21st, several days after the application period ended, that Odgers Berndtson had collected more than 100 applications for the position, with candidates coming in from community referrals, the ad in ''The Economist'', and the firm's outreach. The firm then interviewed 27 of these applicants and submitted the results to the CEO Search Committee. The Committee proceeded to interview 16 of these candidates via teleconference, and planned to interview a subset of this group face to face. Following the face to face interviews, the Committee plans to present a smaller subset for intensive interviewing by the ICANN Board. The Committee anticipated that the Board would announce its final decision by mid-April.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/committees/ceo-search/ CEO Search Committee, icann.org]</ref> By late March, the pool was narrowed down to six applicants<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/03/21/final-six-icann-ceo The final six for the ICANN CEO job, dot-nxt.com]</ref> and by the beginning of April, the pool had been narrowed to four, none of which had any hands-on experience with ICANN.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/04/09/final-four-icann-ceo The final four for the ICANN CEO job, dot-nxt.com]</ref>
It was reported on February 21st, several days after the application period ended, that Odgers Berndtson had collected more than 100 applications for the position, with candidates coming in from community referrals, the ad in ''The Economist'', and the firm's outreach. The firm then interviewed 27 of these applicants and submitted the results to the CEO Search Committee. The Committee proceeded to interview 16 of these candidates via teleconference, and planned to interview a subset of this group face to face. Following the face to face interviews, the Committee plans to present a smaller subset for intensive interviewing by the ICANN Board. The Committee anticipated that the Board would announce its final decision by mid-April.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/committees/ceo-search/ CEO Search Committee, icann.org]</ref> By late March, the pool was narrowed down to six applicants<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/03/21/final-six-icann-ceo The final six for the ICANN CEO job, dot-nxt.com]</ref> and by the beginning of April, the pool had been narrowed to four, none of which had any hands-on experience with ICANN.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/04/09/final-four-icann-ceo The final four for the ICANN CEO job, dot-nxt.com]</ref>
It was announced at [[ICANN 44]] on Friday, June 22nd, that the new CEO would be [[Fadi Chehade]], who currently serves as CEO of Vocado, a company providing cloud-based administrative software for educational institutions. Chehade is set to start at ICANN in October.<ref>[http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/22/internet-names-ceo-idINL5E8HM8YL20120622 Internet domain body names new chief executive, reuters.com]</ref> Current COO [[Akram Attalah]] will serve as interim CEO until then.
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