[AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement

[Mark Elkins]

Congratulations Adiel...

On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 18:59 +0100, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
> Join me in congratulating the former CEO of AFRINIC on his new role
> within ICANN. 
> 
> Good to know that he will still be as close to the community. I wish
> him all the best!
> 
> Regards
> 
> sent from Google nexus 4
> kindly excuse brevity and typos.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "ICANN News Alert" <communications at icann.org>
> Date: 4 Feb 2015 18:30
> Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of
> Technical Engagement
> To: <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> Cc: 
> 
> ICANN
> News Alert
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-04-en
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement
> Role aimed at strengthening ties to the technical community
> 
> 4 February 2015
> 
> Veteran Internet technology expert Adiel Akplogan is joining ICANN in
> the newly created role of Vice President for Technical Engagement.
> 
> Akplogan served most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of
> AfriNIC, the Internet Numbers' Resource Registry for Africa, a
> position he has held since 2004.
> 
> "I'm delighted to welcome Adiel to ICANN," said Sally Costerton,
> Special Advisor to the President for Global Stakeholder Engagement.
> "He is a highly respected contributor to the Internet community and
> his experienced leadership will reinforce and deepen ICANN's long term
> participation in the technical community of which it is a critical
> part."
> 
> Akplogan is among the original Internet pioneers in West Africa, where
> he has played a critical role in setting up and managing CAFENet, one
> of the first private Internet Service Providers in the region.
> 
> "It's my sincere hope that I can help ICANN achieve the high level of
> operational excellence that it is aiming for," said Adiel. "We are all
> striving to maintain and improve a global communication and
> information system that will define our future on multiple levels."
> 
> In his new position, Akplogan will help ICANN conduct technical
> engagement and outreach. He will also provide some valuable links to
> the ICT community on the African continent, since he was instrumental
> in establishing several technical coordination bodies such as the
> African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the African ccTLD Managers
> Association (AfTLD), AfricaCERT and the Africa Internet Summit (AIS).
> 
> Akplogan will be based in Montreal, Canada and will assume his new
> position on March 1.
> 
> To download a high-resolution photo of Adiel Akoplogan, go here:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/16440900351/
> 
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