Meet The Next ICANN President and CEO

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the organization that ensures an stable, secure and unified global internet has finally name its new President and CEO and to step its role this coming October 1, 2012. The multi-national I.T. leader Fadi Chehadé was bagged the coveted position during the ICANN 44 at Prague, Czech Republic.

Fadi Chehadé, a leader in the formation of progressive Internet enterprises will replace current President and CEO Rod Beckstrom ended his contract last July 1 and decided to vacant the seat. Before Chehadé takes the role, Chief Operating Officer Akram Atallah will be the acting CEO.

“I have spent most of my professional career building consensus among various stakeholders from around the world,” said Chehadé. “I am naturally humbled to now be able to lead an 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.”

Fadi Chehadé is a citizen of Lebanon, Egypt and the United States. He graduated as Summa Cum Laude at Polytechnic University in New York and went on to Stanford University and finished a master’s degree in Engineering Management. Fadi Chehadé resumes includes being the CEO of Vocado LLC, a U.S. firm that provides next-generation cloud-based administrative software for educational institutions, General Manager of IBM’s Global Technology Services in the Middle East and North Africa, founder and CEO of RosettaNet where its business transactions exceeds $100 billion per year.

“Fadi has an amazing track record of success and the obvious leadership qualities to help carry ICANN into the next stage of its evolution,” said Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair of the Board of Directors. “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.”