[council] Regarding ICANN complaince staff

[Bruce Tonkin]

From:  http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-15mar11-en.pdf

ICANN Bolsters Its Contractual Compliance Team with Two New Hires

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has
announced that two seasoned professionals have been hired to bolster its
contractual compliance team.

Maguy Serad, an experienced technology and business manager, has been
named Senior Director of Contractual compliance.

Ms. Serad has more than two decades of experience in compliance,
technology, program management and global business operations. She has
most recently served in senior manager positions in the Information
Systems Department and Value UP and Synergy Departments of Nissan North
America, Inc.

"Maguy's strong skills in compliance and global business management are
exactly what we need to strengthen and lead ICANN's contractual
compliance team," said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's President and Chief
Executive Officer.

While at Nissan, Ms. Serad became a certified Black Belt Six-Sigma
expert, who has led multiple strategic organization projects and
cross-functional teams in support of Nissan's strategic objectives. She
also established a Service Management Governance Organization to govern
a multi-supplier outsourced environment.

Maguy is fluent in English, French and Arabic and holds a Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science from Clemson University, Clemson, South
Carolina. She was born in Liberia and is a citizen of Lebanon. She will
begin her role on April 4th.


Contractual Compliance Manager/Auditor

Also joining the contractual compliance team is Carlos Alvarez, an
accomplished intellectual property attorney, who has been named ICANN's
Contractual Compliance Manager/Auditor.

Before joining ICANN on February 28, Alvarez practiced law in Colombia
and the United States for over 10 years. He graduated from the Colombian
Universidad de los Andes Law School.

Alvarez was an attorney with the law firm Espinosa & Asociados Abogados
in Colombia for many years, where he led teams and coordinated audit
activities over 4,500 companies regarding software piracy. He has worked
with and trained law enforcement operatives in software antipiracy and
cybercrime legal issues, and created a High Tech and Computer Law
division within the Espinosa & Asociados.

Alvarez is a former representative for Colombia of both the Counter
Pedophilia Investigative Unit and is a member of the Electronic Commerce
Subcommittee of the International Chamber of Commerce in Bogota. His
articles on terrorism and piracy, digital evidence, cybercrime,
information security, and other major issues have been published in
Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and Spain; he has given lectures before
many audiences, including the Interpol South America Cyber Crime Working
Group, Peruvian Interpol, and Colombia's main law enforcement agencies
and military forces.

Carlos, a citizen of Colombia, is bilingual in English and Spanish.