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ICANN President, CEO to Step Down July 2012

By CircleID Reporter
  • August 16, 2011, 11:31 pm PDT
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Rod Beckstrom announced today that he will be ending his work at the the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) by July of next year (via Twitter). Beckstrom, a former U.S. cybersecurity chief, was elected as the President and CEO of ICANN in Jun of 2009 following Paul Twomey who had been serving the position since March 2003.

Updates:  UPDATED Aug 17, 2011 3:48 PM PDT
Beckstrom to Leave ICANN at End of His Term Aug.16.2011, Official Press Release from ICANN [PDF]
ICANN fires its CEO Aug.17.2011, Kieren McCarthy
ICANN chief Beckstrom says he will go in July 2012 Aug.17.2011, Kevin Murphy

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