Board of Trustees
2003 Board Election
Candidates
Candidate Profile: Rosa Maria Delgado
Biography | Willingness
Statement | Position Statement
Short BIOGRAPHY
Nationality: Peruvian
Languages: English (fluent), French (fluent), Italian (good).
Spanish (mother tongue)
Education: Bachelor Degree in Science Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering from National University of Engineering (Peru).
Master Degree in "Integrated Telecommunications Systems"
from Warwick University (UK).
Professional experience:
- 1997-Today Director of Internet Industry Affairs and New
Business Incubation, Société Internationale
de Télécommunications Aéronautique
(SITA), Geneva, Switzerland. Responsible for Strategic plan
of new IP-based applications, domain name, IP addressing
and policy issues.
- Dec 2002: 6AIR Project (IPv6-Internet Next generation
protocol) and the impact in the air-transport community.
To be submitted to the European Union (1Q2003) under SITA's
leadership and supported by major industry leaders. Other
projects: SITA's IPv6 position, SITA's policy, Next generation
universal Ticketing system project
- Nov 2000 - ".aero" Top Level Domain (TLD), one
of the 7 new TLDs selected by ICANN to compete with ".com".
Set-up the proposal, lobbying with air-transportation partners
and media, presentations and lead negotiations with ICANN
and partners
- 1998 Internet Technology Expert - UNDP, Honduras. Planned
the government national network
- 1997 Internet Technology Expert - Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) of India. Developed the "Strategic plan for Internet
national services".
- 1997-1995 Internet Technology Expert, International Telecommunications
Union (ITU) - Geneva, Switzerland. Assist the National Telecom
companies of Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Nigeria
on the deployment of Internet national services (backbone)
and regulatory policies.
- 1995 United Nations (UN) Geneva - Systems Analyst, Switzerland:
Design and deployment of the Geneva web/gopher sites.
- 1995-1991 UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs - Systems
Analyst, Geneva, Switzerland - Design Web services for humanitarian
co-ordination.
- 1989-1984 International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- Systems Analyst, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1984-1980 European Organisation for Nuclear Research
(CERN) - Systems Analyst, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1980 GEC Telecommunications Ltd - Coventry, UK. Senior
Development Engineer
- 1978 Entel Peru (National Telecom) - Lima, Peru, Qulaity
Control Engineer
Professional Affiliations: Elected
- 2000 - today: to the Board of Trustees of the Internet
Society (ISOC) international
- 2000 - today: to the ISOC Executive Committee
- 1999 - today: to the Council of Registrars (CORE) Executive
Committee member, an accredited ICANN Registrar & CORE
founding member
- 2000 - today .aero representative to the ICANN Generic
Top Level Domain constituency (gTLD)
- 1999 - today: Chair to the Developing Countries Special
Interest Group of ISOC Geneva Chapter.
- 2000 -today: member of the international Jury of the
Plurilinguisme on the Internet, Organisation Internationale
de la Francophonie (OIF) "Prix de la Toile du Plurilinguisme"
- 2002- today ISOC Representative to the World Summit of
the Information Society (WSIS)
- Dec 2002 - Panel moderator on civil society issues (UNESCO)
- Jul 2002 chair of the Information Society Working Group
from the World Civil Society Forum (WCSF) . Member of the
WCSF Steering committee (1,000 NGOs world-wide participated
to the Geneva Forum)
- Nov 2000 - today: to the Internet Society Steering Group
(ISSG) of the Internet Societal Task Force (ISTF)
- 1999 - today: Board of Directors member of the ISOC Geneva
Chapter
- 1999-1998 Co-chair of the Networking Symposium at the
ISOC annual meeting (INETs)
2002 Events (Latest)
- Speaker at main international conferences: SITA (Pv6
and the aviation), National Domain Name day (ISOC Italy
(Nov), ISOC France (Jul)), Internet Corporation for Assign
Numbers and Numbers (ICANN), International Telecommunications
Union (ITU), World Summit of the Information Society (Prep-com
I and Themes & Topics Informal meeting (16 Sep)), European
Union (Domain Name Panel, (Jan))
- Jul 2002 - Organization of the Internet Workshop for the
WCSF (200 NGOs participated)
Rosa M. Delgado
Director, Internet Industry Affairs and New Business Incubation
Société Internationale de Télécommunications
Aéronautique
SITA
26 Chemin de Joinville, 1216 Cointrin, Switzerland
Tel: (+41.22) 747.6266
Fax: (+41.22) 747.6201
Rosa.delgado@sita.in
21 February 2003
Willingness S T A T E M E N T (for
ISOC Board of Trustees)
Rosa M. Delgado
Société Internationale de Télécommunications
Aéronautique (SITA)
Internet Society Geneva Chapter
I am a professional, with extensive work experience in international
government areas and business sectors. Locations of in depth
work have included developed countries such as Switzerland
and the UK, and developing countries, in particular India,
Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Honduras and Peru.
I have been working in computer networking for the last 20
years and have been invited to speak frequently at international
meetings on the subject of Internet Development.
At present, I work at SITA as Director of Internet Affairs
and New Business Incubation. SITA provides managed corporate
applications and telecommunications services to the air-transport
and government organisations. SITA is part of a group of airlines
that since 1949 has operated the world's largest data communications
network, currently serving customers in some 225 countries
and territories.
i) Founding member of Internet-related organizations: In
1996, the Internet Council of Registrars (CORE), was created
as result of a plan initiated by ISOC and the Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority (IANA), to add competition to the Internet
Domain Name System. In 2002, the IPv6 Swiss Task Force was
set up, it seeks to promote IPv6 deployment in Switzerland.
Currently, a member of both Executive committees
ii) ISOC activities: I have been a Trustee and member of
the Executive Committee since 2000. ISOC member since 1994.
I have worked intensively over the last twelve years in social,
economic and cultural Internet aspects through my involvement
in the ISOC Geneva Chapter where I am currently a member of
the Board since 1997. I also have chaired, the "Developing
Countries Special Interest Group (DevSIG)" of the Geneva
Chapter since 1997 which has sponsored projects such as: "Uganda
Connect" (Internet based educational system in Uganda)
and the "World YWCA Connectivity" (assist connection
of over 50 YWCA offices worldwide).
iii) Support the INET Conferences: Member of the Conference
Program Committee for INET2000 (Yokohama), INET'99 (Kuala
Lumpur) and INET'98 (Geneva). I co-chaired the organization
of the Developing Countries Networking Symposium during INET99
and INET98.
My main interest in running for election to the ISOC Board
of Trustees is to have the opportunity to promote the following
issues:
a) "Internet for Everyone". I am committed to this
ISOC initiative because for the Internet to become an essential
tool for sustainable development, it needs to solve critical
problems such as generation of wealth and expansion of economic
opportunities broadly among the global population
b) Societal issues. Focus efforts on bringing Internet access
to every country through the Net. I am committed to supporting
initiatives enabling Internet growth into a community that
reaches out to all levels of society. Support issues that
concern education, deregulation and infrastructure upgrades
to narrow the digital gap and bring us all closer
c) Community initiatives. Foster the continuing growth of
the Internet and strengthen the global community that the
Internet has created. I am committed to supporting community
efforts and related activities in disadvantaged countries
. I will work towards gaining interest from the private sector
to help developing the Internet in these areas
d) A more multilingual and multicultural Net. Main challenges
today for the Internet (and therefore ISOC) are social and
economic, and that progress depends on effective programs
of education. I am committed to working on initiatives to
foster local content on the Net in the developing world and
in local languages
e) Women's issues. According to the World Bank, measures which
benefit women bring in the biggest social profit. Equal participation
by women and men, helps to improve the quality and speed of
development. I am committed to working on initiatives to better
reach women, in particular in developing areas and identifying
the groups that should include gender issues
f) Policy issues. Some governments are regulating the Internet
more heavily than others. I am committed, to helping ISOC
on advising governments and international bodies to understand
the implications of such regulation and to continue providing
advice about how governments and individuals can help the
Internet continue to grow
g) ISOC Chapters and Special Interest Groups: I am committed,
to promoting the creation of new ISOC chapters and special
interest groups to bring the "Internet to everyone"
motto to all countries and regions and support membership
growth.
My ability to deliver on these statements lies in my:
a) Three-year experience as an ISOC Trustee and member of
the Executive committee since 2000 and several years serving
an ISOC local Geneva chapter as well as INETs
b) Particularly strong multicultural and international background
from developed and developing countries. Deep understanding
of women's issues in both developed and developing countries
c) Desire to undertake very practical steps to ensure that
all countries participate in the process of defining policy
and addressing issues in order to better face and be able
to embrace the digital age
d) Experience representing ISOC in initiatives such as World
Summit of the Information Society to be held in December 2003.
Other interests: Travelling, playing tennis, cycling, swimming
and reading.
I will devote work and time as an ISOC Trustee. I believe,
my background gives me strong sensibility to the importance
of openness and understanding the very different traditions,
cultures and languages that make up our networked world today.
ISOC members and chapter, I hope you will allow me to devote
my extensive Internet experience to serve the Internet community
as ISOC Trustee, as I did during the period of 2000-2003.
I believe it is very important to help to bring a minority's
point of view to the attention of the Board of Trustees.
Thank you
Rosa M. Delgado
Position S T A T E M E N T (for ISOC
Board of Trustees) - Rosa M. Delgado
Professional, with extensive computer networking experience
in international government and business sectors. I have worked
in bringing the Internet into several African, Latin America
and Asian countries. Heavily involved in the Internet governance
process since 1996. I have been working since 1997, on Internet
strategic plans (next generation Internet "IPv6"
and new sponsored top-level domain "aero") for the
air-transportation industry.
Member of ISOC since 1994. I have co-chaired the Developing
Countries Networking Symposium organization at INET98 and
INET99 (annual ISOC event).
I have worked intensively on Internet social, economic and
cultural aspects through my involvement as a member in the
ISOC Geneva Chapter Board of Directors since 1996 and the
Developing Countries Special Interest Group (DevSIG) which
I have chaired since 1997. DevSIG deals with how to best bring
the Internet to everyone.
My interests in running for election to the Board of Trustees
is to have the opportunity to support the following:
- Open Internet access in every country
- A more multilingual and multicultural Net
- Expansion of global Internet communities
- Expansion of ISOC membership and chapters
- Encourage governments to define more open Internet regulatory
and IP addressing policies
- Ensure that the end user's perspective is heard in governance
forums (ICANN and others)
My ability to deliver on these statements lies in:
- My experience as ISOC Trustee and Excom member (Executive
Committee) since 2000
- Strong Internet international experience
- Strong sensibility to the understanding of different traditions,
cultures and languages
- Desire to undertake actions to ensure that all countries
better embrace the digital age
- Several years serving the ISOC and INETs
I advocate the need to narrow the gap between rich and poor
areas of the globe, thus I hope to bring a minority's point
of view to the attention of the ISOC Board of Trustees.
I believe that I have a suitable background for making a
major contribution to the Internet as an ISOC trustee.
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Rosa M. Delgado
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