Interview: New ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby (video)

ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby interview:

ICANN's Brad White interviews ICANN's new President and CEO Göran Marby. Published May 15, 2016. You almost have to feel sorry for this guy--he obviously has no idea what he is getting into--and he already has been "fed" a lot of misinformation and false narratives about ICANN.

See also on Domain Mondo:

DomainMondo.com 06Feb2016: New ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby of Sweden, Starts May 2016: "But troubling reports indicate his temperament and leadership style are incompatible with ICANN's collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance ..."

DomainMondo.com: News Review: ICANN, China, IANA: ex-CEO Fadi Chehadé's Sad Legacy: Fadi Chehade: "I’ve learned in these four years that unless he [new ICANN CEO] is listening and deriving his priorities from you, he’s going to have a miserable time. It’s that simple ... See the biggest difficulty for an incoming presidency to ICANN is two parts. The first is his title. The title is a problem because [when] you come in, you think you’re a CEO. You’re not a CEO. This is not a typical CEO job. And so you get into your head all kinds of things about being a CEO that just don’t apply here. And so the title is problematic. And I’ll tell him [new ICANN CEO] this after he signs his offer." (emphasis added)

DomainMondo.com: News Review ... ICANN Chairman's Op-ed Flops: "... [ICANN Chairman Steve] Crocker followed the script he had been given, false narratives and institutional secrets are inculcated in ICANN's sick organizational culture ..."

"The curse was laid upon him in Marrakech" 

Thank you for the journey #ICANN, now passing the baton to Marby. May the force of this community be with you Göran pic.twitter.com/0zLgSXUUpf

— ICANN President (@icann_president) March 10, 2016

Marby is a former technology CEO and start-up founder as well as most recently serving as Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority.

History of ICANN President-CEOs (former positions in parenthesis):

• Göran Marby (Director-General, Swedish Post and Telecom Authority): May 2016- ?
• *Interim: Akram Atallah (ICANN GDD President), March-May, 2016 
• Fadi Chehadé (CEO of Vocado LLC), September 2012-March 2016
• *Interim: Akram Atallah (ICANN COO), July-September, 2012 
• Rod Beckstrom (U.S. Cybersecurity Chief), July 2009-July 2012
• Paul Twomey (Founder, Argo Pacific consulting firm), March 2003-June 2009
• Stuart Lynn (Assoc. V.P., University of California), March 2001-March 2003
• Michael Roberts (V.P. of Educom consortium), October 1998-March 2001

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ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade's Last Day at ICANN: March 12, 2016 (video)

Above video: A Holiday Message from ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé. (Published on December 17, 2015.) 

On the video at 2:06: "My last day at ICANN will be March 12, 2016"  [right after ICANN55 | Marrakech, March 5-10]

" ... The mistakes I did, the areas I did not understand, I hope to share ..." [with his replacement as ICANN President and CEO].

See also on Domain Mondo: a special collection of posts--"Remembering Fadi"--

• What Caused ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé To Quit?
• ICANN Lobbying, Conflicts, Ethics, Transparency, Accountability, Disclosure
• ICANN 54 Public Forum Video, Q&A, ICANN, INTA, IANA, Lobbyists
• Why Did ICANN Become a Member of Trademark Lobbyist Group INTA?
• China Proposes Multilateral International Internet Governance, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Agrees (Video)
• ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé panders to DNA at ICANN 52 (video)
• Transcript of DNA member breakfast with ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé (Feb 10, 2015)
• ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade, Post Senate Hearing Questions, Answers
• LIVE Wednesday Hearing, US Congress, IANA, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade
• ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade "Steamrolled" by CCWG-Accountability Co-Chair
• ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade's View of the IANA Transition is Shortsighted and Naive
• ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Showed Up in Davos for Secret Meeting at WEF
• Fadi Chehadé, Will ICANN Move to Switzerland (video)?
• Fadi Chehade on Domain Hoggers, IANA Transition (ICANN 52 video)
• ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé to Leave ICANN March 2016
• ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Moving to ABRY Partners, a Private Equity Firm

Video below: excerpt from Fadi Chehadé's Opening Speech at ICANN 44, Prague, 25 June 2012: At the close of his speech he made three pledges: "I will listen ... I will be very transparent ... I will make all my decisions for the public interest"--


Caveat Emptor!

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ICANN Q4 FY15 Stakeholder Call August 20, Registration Deadline

ICANN has announced its FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call, which will take place on 20 August at 14:00 UTC - time converter - 10:00am ET (US). The call will cover how ICANN has progressed against its strategic and operating plans for the Quarter ending 30 June 2015 and will cover some of the information from the latest KPI Beta Dashboard, anticipated to launch around the same time.

Register to attend the call no later than 16:00 UTC, 12 noon ET (US), August 19th, at: http://goo.gl/forms/4T76Zn1ulT and to receive joining instructions.

If you are unable to access the form (at the registration link above), email ICANN at icann.communications@icann.org to register--include your full name and email address where to send joining instructions.

The call is open for all to attend, including press, and there will be ample time for Questions & Answers (Q&A). A recording of the call will also be available online on the ICANN website here.

These calls were set up to enhance ICANN's accountability and transparency efforts by making it easy to follow ICANN's progress toward fulfilling its mission of keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable.

Agenda

• President's Overview (10 mins) - Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO
• Policy Update (10 mins) – David Olive, VP Policy Development Support and Adiel Akplogan, VP Technical Engagement
• Management Update (15 mins) – David Conrad, CTO
• Financial Update (10 mins) – Xavier Calvez, CFO
• Q&A (30 mins)

More information:

Visit ICANN's Quarterly Reports page 24 hours before the call to pre-read the presentation. You may also find other useful recourses and background information there, as well as archived transcripts and recordings of all previous Quarterly Stakeholder Calls. A recording will also be made available after the call on that page.

(source: ICANN.org)

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ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé to Leave ICANN March 2016

ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé
source: icann.org

[Note: see UPDATES below]
ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé has informed the ICANN Board of Directors that he will be concluding his tenure in March 2016 to move into a new career in the private sector outside the Domain Name Industry.

At the request of the Board, Chehadé will be available to work closely with ICANN after March 2016 to support the transition to a new leader, as well as to advise the Board on any issue they require including the implementation of the IANA Stewardship Transition from the US Government to ICANN and the technical operating community.

"I want to thank Fadi for his strong commitment," said Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair of the Board of Directors. I am very confident that with Fadi's continued leadership and ICANN's very experienced management team who have the breadth to ensure that ICANN continues to manage its key responsibilities effectively, that the organization's work will proceed smoothly."

"I am deeply committed to working with the Board, our staff, and our community to continue ICANN's mission as we still have much to accomplish," said Chehadé. "During the remaining 10 months of my tenure, it's business-as-usual. My priority remains to continue strengthening ICANN's operations and services to the global community." (source: ICANN)

Last year the ICANN Board extended the contract of  Fadi Chehadé by two years, to run until 30 June 2017, and increased his base salary by 12.5 percent. Chehadé joined ICANN in late 2012 and is a citizen of Egypt, Lebanon, and the United States. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Egyptian parents and left the then war-torn country in 1980 at the age of 18. He speaks fluent Arabic, English, French, and Italian. Before joining ICANN as its President and CEO in late 2012, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Vocado LLC, a U.S. firm that is a provider of cloud-based software for the administration of educational institutions.

UPDATES: see What Caused ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé To Quit? and

Statement of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling on ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade’s announcement that he plans to leave the organization next year:

“Fadi Chehade has served as CEO of ICANN with tireless dedication, and I greatly appreciate his ongoing commitment to improve the accountability and transparency of the organization. NTIA remains committed to the responsible and timely transition of our stewardship of the Internet Domain Name System consistent with the conditions that NTIA outlined in 2014. A successful transition does not depend on the leadership of a single individual, but rather the engagement of the global multistakeholder community working collaboratively to ensure that the Internet remains open, secure, and resilient. I urge the community to remain focused on the important task of developing a transition proposal, including enhanced accountability mechanisms, that fully meets our conditions and can be implemented in a responsible and timely manner.”

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