Hola Carlos

Yes and after you mentioned this I realize I met him at a BEREC-OECD workshop on interconnection three years ago. Have been reading bad translations of the colorful Swedish press accounts of various conflicts with industry and staff and trying to figure out how to see it, but I’m open minded.  Board folks reviewed all the info and are happy so…fingers crossed.

Cheers

Bill

> On Feb 8, 2016, at 17:54, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Dear William,
> 
> not only Mr. Marby has a long background as entrepreneur in the private software sector and was an great Chair of the European Body of Regulators (BEREC) in 2014, but Sweden is a worldwide example in open ICT markets many want to emulate.
> 
> You will be greatly surprised!!!
> 
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
> +506 8837 7176
> Skype: carlos.raulg
> On 8 Feb 2016, at 10:49, William Drake wrote:
> 
>> Have to admit I didn’t see this one coming — DG of a PTT to run ICANN.  Wonder if there will be enhanced cooperation with ITU? :-)
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2016, at 17:37, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> New CEO has been announced:
>>> 
>>> https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2016-02-08-en
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Experienced Technology Leader Named as ICANN President and CEO
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Göran Marby, currently Director-General of the Swedish Post and
>>> Telecom Authority (PTS) to start at ICANN May 2016
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Los Angeles, California… Göran Marby, an experienced business
>>> executive and government leader has been named the next President and
>>> Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>>> and Numbers (ICANN).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> “I’m delighted to announce Göran as the new head of ICANN,” said Dr.
>>> Stephen Crocker, Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors. "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.”
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Marby is a Swedish citizen, currently living in Stockholm. He and his
>>> family will be relocating to Los Angeles, California the location of
>>> one of ICANN’s three global hubs.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> “I am very excited to be joining ICANN and joining at the start of a
>>> new era for the organization and the community,” said Marby. “While I
>>> know there is much for me to learn, I am eager to work with ICANN’s
>>> multistakeholder 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.”
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Marby will succeed current President and CEO Fadi Chehadé whose term
>>> finishes on March 15, 2016. Marby will join ICANN in May 2016. During
>>> this time, Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Global Domains Division
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Göran Marby has more than 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."
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Tapani Tarvainen
>> 
>> 
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  Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
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