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ICANN Chief Announces Departure Via Twitter

August 17, 2011 by Michele Neylon

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ICANN’s CEO and President, Rod Beckstrom, has announced that he will be stepping down in July of next year.

The announcement came via Twitter of all places, with a press release, presumably with more details, due sometime soon:

I have decided to wrap up my service at ICANN July 2012. Press release soon.

Beckstrom announces departure from ICANN via Twitter
Beckstrom announces departure from ICANN via Twitter

With the launch of the new TLD program scheduled to officially launch early in 2012 maybe Beckstrom feels that his job “is done”, or maybe there’s another motive behind his departure.

Whatever the reasons, which may or may not become apparent in the press release, ICANN will have to find a replacement.

So who is likely to fill the role?

Will it be another American? (His predecessor was Australian)

Or does the nationality of the person who fills the role really matter?

UPDATE: ICANN have issued a release on his departure

Filed Under: icann Tagged With: Generic top-level domain, icann, Organizations, Rod Beckstrom, Top-level domain, Twitter

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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