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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. He has also been heavily involved with [[ISOC]].

George Sadowsky received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale and later studied and taught mathematics at Harvard.

At the United Nations, he supported technical assistance projects and has worked in more than 50 developing countries. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Treasury, UNDP, USAID, W3C, the Swiss Government, and World Bank. He has served on Boards of AppliedTheory Corporation, educational networks CREN and NYSERNet, and [[ISOC]] where he directed its Developing Country Network Training Workshops. More recently, he was Executive Director of [[GIPI]], the Global Internet Policy Initiative. He has written and lectured extensively on ICT and Internet development, and his presentations are listed on his [http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement website].<ref>[http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm ICANN]</ref>

 

At the United Nations, he supported technical assistance projects and has worked in more than 50 developing countries. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Treasury, UNDP, USAID, W3C, the Swiss Government, and World Bank. He has served on Boards of AppliedTheory Corporation, educational networks CREN and NYSERNet, and [[ISOC]] where he directed its Developing Country Network Training Workshops. More recently, he was Executive Director of [[GIPI]], the Global Internet Policy Initiative. He has written and lectured extensively on ICT and Internet development, his presentations are listed on his [http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement website].<ref>[http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm ICANN]</ref>

==Current Endeavours==

==Current Endeavours==

George Sadowsky lists his current positions on his website, and they are:<ref>[http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement Sadowsky Homepage]</ref>

George Sadowsky lists his current positions on his website, and they are:<ref>[http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement Sadowsky Homepage]</ref>

* Member, Board of Directors, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), 2009-2012

* Member, Board of Directors, ICANN, 2009-2012

* Consultant, WF (World Wide Web Foundation) program on use of the mobile web for society

* Consultant, WF (World Wide Web Foundation) program on the use of the mobile web for society

* Adjunct staff member, Center for Democracy and Technology

* Adjunct staff member, Center for Democracy and Technology

* Participant, United Nations Advisory Group on the Use of the Internet for Terrorism

* Participant, United Nations Advisory Group on the Use of the Internet for Terrorism

* 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==

==Career History==

George Sadowsky also lists an extensive list of his past career engagements on his website, some of which include:

George Sadowsky also lists an extensive list of his past career engagements on his website, some of which include:

==References==

==References==

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