Judith Duavit Vazquez

Country:	The Philippines
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Judith Duavit Vazquez is the Founder and Chairman of PHCOLO Inc., and a Member of the ICANN Board. She was elected by the Nominating Committee, and began her position following the 2011 Annual Meeting in Dakar, Senegal. She is also a Member of the Board of Directors of GMA Network, Inc., a national leading Media Corporation.

Career History

PHCOLO Inc. is a Philippines telecommunications cross connection site providing colocation and local last-mile infrastructure to leading Carriers and Internet Services Providers on the following four platforms: wireless, cable, ethernet and copper. Vazquez has ICT investments including ownership of telecommunication towers and data centre-grade properties leased to high-value secured-packet data providers. In 1995, she was instrumental in laying the first fiber in the Philippines' Central Business District, and constructed its first 45-storey skyscraper and intelligent building, The Peak.

Vazquez is also a Member of the Board of the Management Association of the Philippines and two national foundations, and a member of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Clinton Global Initiatives Foundation, and the Young Presidents-World Presidents Organization (YPO-WPO).

Education

Judith received a BSc Honors in Economics from the University of the Philippines, and has attended Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and the Asian Institute of Management.