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ICANN pushes IANA under Conrad

Kevin Murphy, February 27, 2019, 15:19:30 (UTC), Domain Policy

ICANN chief technology officer David Conrad is now “overseeing” the IANA part of the organization, ICANN has announced.
It doesn’t appear to be a promotion or change of job titles as much as a reporting structure adjustment made in the wake of a change of management at the Global Domains Division.
Kim Davies is still vice president of IANA, and president of Public Technical Identifiers, as IANA is often referred to nowadays.
Previously, Davies reported to the president of GDD, now he’s reporting to Conrad.
After Akram Atallah left GDD to run Donuts, Conrad and Atallah’s eventual permanent replacement, Cyrus Namazi, split his duties on an interim basis.
It appears that the announcement of Conrad’s new duties merely formalizes that arrangement.
It makes a lot more sense to have the largely technical IANA functions under the jurisdiction of the CTO, rather than the gTLD-centric Global Domains Division, if you ask me.


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