A Swedish business executive, Mr. Göran
Marby is the new chief executive officer of the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), reports ITRealms.
Mr Marby will take over from the
current President and CEO Fadi Chehadé whose term finishes on March 15, 2016.
Marby will join ICANN in May 2016.
According to the chairman, ICANN
Board of Directors, Dr. Stephen Crocker, "I'm delighted to announce Göran
as the new head of ICANN," stressing that his leadership experience as a
technology CEO and start-up founder as well as his current experience as
Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority will be invaluable
as ICANN moves towards the next chapter in its history.
“We conducted an extensive, global
search and Göran impressed us all throughout with his shared values,
operational experience and understanding of the Internet ecosystem. I'm looking
forward to working with him and what I know will be his substantial
contribution to ICANN and to helping ensure a stable, secure and unified global
Internet," he said.
Marby is a Swedish citizen,
currently living in Stockholm. He and his family will be relocating to Los
Angeles, California, the headquarters of ICANN's three global hubs.
Reacting, the new ICANN’s CEO, Mr.
Marby said, he was excited to be joining ICANN at the start of a new era for
the organization and the community, acknowledging he has a lot of learning to
do, but expressed eagerness to work with ICANN multistakeholders community to
continue all the good work that ICANN has been doing and am very committed to
implementing the community's decisions – both with respect to the IANA
Stewardship Transition, but also in the myriad important areas of ICANN policy
development as it fulfills its mission.
Meanwhile during this time, ITRealms reports that the President of ICANN's Global Domains, Division, Akram Atallah, will
serve as acting CEO.
"I am very grateful to Akram
for agreeing to step into this role and providing the continuity and leadership
ICANN needs at such an important time," said Dr Crocker.
ITRealms further gathered that Göran
Marby has over 20 years of experience in the Internet and technology sectors.
Prior to joining PTS he co-founded AppGate Network Security AB a security
software company where he served as CEO between 2002 and 2009 with a focus on
international customers and operations.
He has held several other leadership
roles in the Internet and technology sectors including as CEO of Cygate a
network services company, Country Manager for Cisco in Sweden and as CEO of
Unisource Business Networks in Sweden.
Marby holds a Bachelor of Science
from the University of Gothenburg School Economics.
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