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ICANN
Names
a New CEO to Replace Rod Beckstrom - Fadi
Chehadé to Take Over by October 1
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New
iCANN CEO Fadi Chehadé
Photo courtesy of IcannPhotos
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ICANN
today named Fadi
Chehadé, as the new CEO of the domain
name system's oversight body. Chehadé will
replace Rod Beckstrom who is leaving the
post July 1. The 50-year-old Chehadé who
is a citizen of three countries, Lebanon, Egypt
and the United States, will take over on or
before October 1, 2012 with current ICANN
Chief Operating Officer Akram Atallah
handling CEO duties until Chehadé arrives.
The announcement
(.pdf file) came in Prague, Czechoslavakia
where ICANN's 44th international meeting will get
underway Sunday.
Chehadé
was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Egyptian
parents and left the then war-torn country in 1980
at the age of 18. He speaks fluent Arabic,
English, French and Italian. He comes to ICANN
after serving as CEO at Vocado LLC, a U.S.
firm that provides next-generation cloud-based
administrative software for educational
institutions.
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Prior
to Vocado, Chehadé served as the General
Manager of IBM’s Global Technology Services
in the Middle East and North Africa. Based in Dubai,
he led a team across an emerging region
experiencing high growth. He also built and
managed a new global business for IBM, providing
managed services to large clients in
telecommunications, aerospace and retail to
improve the accuracy, depth and timeliness of
business information visibility across demand
and supply chains.
In
1998, as the founder and CEO of RosettaNet,
Chehadé rallied business and government leaders
across the globe to build consensus on
e-Business process standards by capitalizing on
the growing Internet connectivity between
trading partners in the computer and
telecommunications sectors. The firm’s
transactions continue to span the industrial
world and exceed $100 billion per year.
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Dr.
Stephen Crocker, Chair of the ICANN
Board of Directors said, "Fadi has
an amazing track record of success and
the obvious leadership qualities to help
carry ICANN into the next stage of its
evolution. His international background
and multi-linguistic skills will help to
make ICANN an ever more globally
oriented organization. It’s hard to
imagine how we could have found anyone
better suited for the top
position."
Chehadé
said, "I have spent most of my
professional career building consensus
among various stakeholders from around
the world. I am naturally humbled to now
be able to lead an |
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organization
that defines itself by an international
multi-stakeholder model and one that is
the very core of the security and
stability of the Internet." |
Chehadé
is a graduate of Stanford University,
where he earned a master's degree in Engineering
Management. He earlier earned a bachelor's
degree from Polytechnic University in New
York, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. Fadi
Chehadé currently lives in Los Angeles
where ICANN is headquartered.
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(Posted April
2, 2012)
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