ICANN CEO Plans March 2016 Departure
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé said he plans to resign from the nonprofit corporation in March to pursue a private sector role outside the domain names industry. Chehadé will remain “available to work closely with ICANN after March 2016 to support…
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the transition to a new leader, as well as to advise” ICANN on issues like the planned spinoff of NTIA’s oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions after his departure, ICANN said in a news release. “During the remaining 10 months of my tenure, it's business-as-usual,” Chehadé said. “My priority remains to continue strengthening ICANN's operations and services to the global community.” A successful IANA 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,” said NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling in a statement. “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.” The Internet Society is also “deeply committed to seeing the transition through to completion,” said CEO Kathryn Brown in a news release. “Indeed, there is no turning back. We have a responsibility to the users of the global Internet to maintain the momentum for a timely, orderly transition” of the NTIA’s oversight of the IANA functions.