Sear Steve, dear PSO PC colleagues, I have been able to contact Mr Laorden and to get details of his CV. Here you have them: * Education: - Degree in Law from the University of Deusto (Spain) in 1991 - Degree in Economics from the University of Deusto in 1991 - MBA in Telecommunication Business from the Institute of Enterprises of Madrid (Spain) in 1992 * Professional experience: - From 1999 to now: Director of Interdomain (Spanish Registrar . Group Telefónica). He has the overall responsibility and has been directly involved in the elaboration of the technical and legal documentation to get the accreditation from ICANN, Verisign (for .com, .org. ,net and the multilingual trials), Afilias (.info) and Neulevel (.biz). Overall responsibility and direct involvement in the technical design of the computer system needed for the registrar-registry communications. - From 1993 to 1999: Project Manager in Siemens Spain developing a fully computerized system for technical control of the production. He also made strategic business plans, definition of new IT systems and investment analysis. * International positions: - From June 2001: member of the Board of CORE (Council of Registrars) I hope these are enough details. Kind regards, Azucena At 05:28 PM 24/07/01 -0400, you wrote: >In message <2.2.32.20010723210639.00d8a3f0@telefonica.es>, Azucena Hernandez wr >ites: > >> >>Should any of you require some more details about Mr Laorden, I would be >>delighted to provide them. >> >Azucena, I don't know him or know of him. What is his technical >background? While the note Livia forwarded from Stuart spoke of >assessing technical, business, and legal perspectives, given our role >we should concentrate on finding people with technical expertise. > > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb > ************************************************* Azucena Hernandez Telefonica Subdirección General de Desarrollo de Red c/ Emilio Vargas, 4. E-28043-MADRID Tel: +34 91 5846842 Fax: +34 91 5846843 GSM: +34 609 425506 E-Mail: azucena.hernandez@telefonica.es ************************************************ İİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİ