Name of nominee:

Carlos Neira

Country of residence:

Colombia

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( X ) Yes

Biographical information:

EDUCATION

MBA in Economy and Business Administration, IESE University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain 1995-1997

Electrical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia 1984-1989.

Completed high school education at San CarlosSchool, Bogotá, Colombia 1984

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager - responsible for the daily operation and budget execution of the CCIT (approximately one billion pesos per year). The CCIT is the Columbian chamber of private computer science and telecommunications companies. The main activity of this organization is defending the interests of its members before the Government, the Congress and public opinion. In addition, it implements projects for promoting the adoption of technology within the country and facilitating the cooperation among different industry stakeholders in projects such as NAP Colombia.

• Sales Specialist - responsible for direct sales (business associates) of IBM Colombia Intel servers in the large accounts division, achieving the sales quota for the year 2002.

• Manager, responsible for consultancy business development for Deployment Services in Northern Spain, beginning with the creation of the working team and the identification and establishment of working agreements with different partners. The consultancy services sales objective for the first year (40 million pesetas) was achieved, with services such as the selection and implementation of ERPs, definition of e-business strategies, project management, etc.

• Product Manager of DVD reader units for the Consumer Electronics division, within the Optical Data Storage business unit. Responsible for defining the roadmap for the products to be developed from 1998 to 2001. The roadmap included defining product launch schedules, pricing and features required in order to make Phillips' offer competitive within the market. The first product was launched in December 1998.
• Responsible for identifying and ensuring agreements with strategic partners (manufacturers of integrated circuits for decoding MPEG2) in the areas of development and marketing for the Consumer Electronics Market of the People's Republic of China.
• Responsible for providing the support necessary for product launching (training courses, advertising content, etc.) to the Regional Sales Offices, particularly the one in Southeast Asia (Singapore),
• Key Account Manager for Philips Consumer Electronics. Responsible for the "internal" account, with sales of more than 800,000 units during the first year.

• Information Planning (1991-1993): Responsible for preparing the Information and Systems Plan of the Upstream division (Research and Production) between 1993-1997 and 1994-1998. This plan included the purchase and installation of Hardware, Software and Telecommunications for supporting the division's Business Plan.
• Head of Upstream Applications (1994-1995): Responsible for the execution of the Information and Systems plan, for adapting the infrastructure and implementing software by the Shell Group and third parties within the Upstream division.

• Computer Security Engineer, responsible for the execution of security hardware/software projects for Bank operations.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Professor of Marketing Principles. University of LosAndes, Bogotá, from August 2001 to June 2003.

Professor of Marketing Principles. El Bosque University, Bogotá, since August 2003.

LANGUAGES

Spanish - Native language

English - Excellent

French – Basic level

Dutch – Basic level

Personal Statement:

Since I began my relation with the CCIT and NAP Colombia, I have been in contact with LACNIC and have actively participated in several of their initiatives. For example, we jointly organized a Training Day in Bogotá in October 2003; I participated as a presenter in the NAPLA 2003 sessions in Buenos Aires and the NAPLA 2004 sessions in Sao Paulo, before LACNIC was in charge of their organization, and in the LACNIC VIII/ NAPLA 2005 event held in Lima.

In January 2005, through the CCIT, NAP Colombia and NAP Peru, I promoted the initiative to invite Jordi Palet to present conferences in Colombia and Peru on the topic of IPv6; these conferences served as a starting point for what was later called the IPv6 Tour that since then LACNIC has organized every year. Likewise, I organized the launching of the IPv6 Task Force for Colombia.

I am personally acquainted both with the current President as well as the current Vice-President of the Board of Directors and, should I be elected, I will be able to relate with the Board of Directors team quickly and easily. It is the first time an individual from Colombia is nominated to participate in an election for designating a position on the Board of Directors, a fact of which I am very proud.

I hope I will be able to bring renovation and new ideas to the new Board of Directors. I believe that at LACNIC level there is yet much to do in relation to IPv6. In the near future LACNIC will also be facing an enormous challenge – that of absorbing the responsibilities as Brazilian registry, and this challenge will require the efforts of the Board of Directors and of the organization as a whole. Likewise, LACNIC must create a presence and take action in all the countries of the region, some of which have not yet benefited from the activities, nor the projects and investments that LACNIC carries out within the region.

Finally, I would like to express to the potential electors my personal interest in the matter of Internet Governance. A few weeks ago we received Raul Echeberría of LACNIC and Harmut Glaser of CGI Brazil (and member of the current LACNIC Board of Directors) in Bogotá at a national event on Internet Governance organized by NAP Colombia. This, in my opinion, is one of the issues that should be tackled at Board of Directors level in order to consolidate LACNIC's leadership within the region.

Nominated by:

Eduardo Espinel - CCIT

Reason for the nomination:

Esta al frente de la operación del NAP en Colombia y por tanto conoce las necesidades de las empresas del sector en Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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