янв, 2001 : ICANN Elects Dr. M. Stuart Lynn as New President & CEO


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January 23, 2001 (Marina del Rey, California,USA) - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN) announced today that the Board of Directors has electedDr. M. Stuart Lynn to succeed Michael Roberts as President andChief Executive Officer. Dr. Lynn will take office at the conclusionof the Board's next meeting in Melbourne, Australia, March 10-13,2001. Mike Roberts, ICANN's current President and CEO, has heldthe position since October 1998 and has overseen the start-upof the organization.

Dr. Lynn has had a distinguished careerin computing and information technology that dates back almostfour decades. His most recent position until his retirement in1999 was as Associate Vice President for Information Resourcesand Communications for the University of California Office ofthe President where he served as chief information officer forthe combined University of California system. Dr. Lynn also servedas President and Chairman of the Board of the Corporation forEducation Network Initiatives in California (CENIC).

"We are incredibly fortunate to havefound someone with Stuart Lynn's extensive and varied technicaland managerial background to succeed Mike Roberts," saidVint Cerf, Chairman of the ICANN Board of Directors. "Dr.Lynn will bring the energy, experience and skills needed to forgeconsensus from the diversity of Internet constituencies thathave interest in ICANN and its work. I look forward to workingwith Stuart, the Board and the ICANN staff during the comingyear." Cerf also served as the chairman of the ExecutiveSearch Committee.

The election of Dr. Lynn concludes a globalexecutive search process that began in November 1999 and includedconsideration of more than 300 members of the global Internetcommunity. That input resulted in an impressive slate of qualifiedcandidates from each of ICANN's five global regions.

"I am honored to have been chosenfor such a unique and challenging position and look forward toworking with all of the members of the Internet community aroundthe world to achieve ICANN's technical mission," said Dr.Lynn.

Dr. Lynn has also held positions at CornellUniversity, UC Berkeley, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine,IBM and Chevron. Over the course of his career he has been activein several professional organizations including the Associationfor Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Federation ofInformation Processing Societies. In 1994, he was elected a Fellowof the ACM. In addition, he has served on numerous boards ofdirectors, advisory committees and as a consultant to academia,government and industry.

Dr. Lynn holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematicsfrom the University of California at Los Angeles and a B.A. andM.A. in Mathematics from Oxford University. A British citizenby birth, Dr. Lynn is now a citizen of the United States andresides in Palm Springs, California with his family.


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