Dear PSO PC colleagues, On behalf of ETSI, I have the pleasure to inform you that Mr Roberto Laorden is willing to participate in the newly created ICANN Committee on Internationalized Domains Names. You may remember that Mr Laorden was also presented by ETSI in July to take part on the ICANN group for Evaluation of the new gTLDs. He is active in this group. Whilst I sent his CV last July, I send it again in case you want to check it. I look forward to getting your support for his nomination. Until soon, Azucena. CV of Mr. ROBERTO LAORDEN: * 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) - From July 2001: member of the ICANN Group on Evaluation of new gTLDs. *************************************************** Azucena Hernandez Telefonica Desarrollo de Red Tel: +34 91 5846842 Fax: +34 915846843 GSM: +34 609425506 e-mail: azucena.hernandez@telefonica.es ***************************************************