Reston, VA and Geneva, Switzerland - 26th September 2006 - The Internet Society (ISOC) today announced the appointment of Karen Rose as its Director of Education and Programs. This key appointment, which is effective immediately, will further strengthen ISOC's role in providing Internet education and training initiatives aimed at promoting a sustainable, open, and accessible Internet for all.
In this newly-created position, Karen will drive ISOC's education and training initiatives in support of the society's strategic objectives in the area of capacity building and Internet education. These include broad outreach and training activities aimed at helping local communities develop sustainable Internet infrastructures and assisting policy makers in understanding the technical underpinnings of contemporary Internet issues.
Karen has extensive experience working with the Internet community, including the IETF and the IAB, to promote the open development and evolution of the Internet internationally. Karen began her career at as a policy analyst at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission working on global Internet and e-commerce issues. In 1998, she joined the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce where her work focused on the coordination of Internet naming and addressing functions, including the Internet domain name system, ENUM, and IPv6. In 2002, she left government to join an Internet start-up in Sydney, Australia where her work focused on corporate strategy, product development, and technology training. Most recently, she has been an independent telecommunications and Internet consultant based in Cairo, Egypt and Sydney, Australia. She has been an active participant in Internet discussions in various international governmental and non-governmental organisations including the ITU, OECD, CITEL, APEC, ICANN, and the PTC.
Karen will be undertaking her role with ISOC from the Asia-Pacific region.
Lynn St. Amour, ISOC's President and CEO, said, "We are very pleased to have Karen joining us as her background in policy and her knowledge of key Internet technical matters is very well suited to helping ISOC expand our educational activities in both policy and technical spheres on a global level."
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