Raul Echeberria

Country of citizenship: Uruguay
Place of residence: Uruguay
36 years old, married, 4 children
E-mail address: raul.nominee@icann.org

Personal page and statement: http://www.internet.com.uy/raulech

This page is available in Spanish.

Current professional position(s)
Computer and Telecommunication Advisor Ð National Institute of Agricultural Research

INIA Uruguay INIA was the first organization to have an Internet Connection in Uruguay after the state University who is the ccTLD administrator. We have Internet proyects and e-mail based applications since 1991. Currently INIA has an important digital WAN with several rural access point and we are working to give all the scientist of the institutions good access to Internet from all the points in the country.

E-commerce consultant: Portal@gro.com

Portal@gro.com is a e-commerce site. Portalgro is implementing the first cattle electronic market in Latinamerica which will start operations in the next October 2000. In this project, in which I play a key role, participate financial institutions, the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange and Farm's Associations.

Statement of Quailifications and Experience

Internet consultant for International Organizations and Internet Proyect consultant in Regional Integration.

I have been consultant in Internet matters in proyects funded by UN (1999), IDB (Interamerican Development Bank) (1995,1999), FAO(1996), IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperaci—n en Agricultura) (1996,1997,1998) and other International organizations.

I have adviced governments and important stakeholders of the private sectors, in estrategic uses of Telecommunications and Internet to support regional negociations in the integrational process (MERCOSUR). I have developed models wich have been implemented in The the Agricultural and Industrial sectors.

Volunteer Roles and Accomplishments:

1. LACNIC - Chair of the Interim Board
2. ENRED - Alternate President - Since 1998
3. NC member on behalf of NCDNHC - 1999-2000
4. ENRED Workshop Instructor in Internet related topics 1997-1998-1999-2000
5. Co-Chair of the ENRED's Internet and Society workshop.

• LACNIC (http://www.lacnic.org) is the emergent RIR of Latinamerica and Caribbean Region. LACNIC is a project promoted by ENRED, CABASE, ECOMLAC, NIC Mexico, AHCIET and The Internet Brazilian Committee.
• ENRED, Latinamerican Network Forum (http://www.enred.org) is a non profit organization founded in 1990. ENRED is the main organization in the non profit Internet related sector in Latinamerica. Its members are individuals and the most importants Academic Networks, Universities and NGOs of Latinamerica. ENRED has been the most important non profit stakeholder in Latinamerica in the IFWP and ICANN process.
• Every year ENRED organizes an important training workshop in Internet topics. This event is organized together with ISOC, ESLARED and famous universities of LAC. Each year more than 200 persons participate of those activities.
• The Internet and Society Workshop is one of the training activities of ENRED. This year this meeting was sponsored by UNESCO and I coordinated the program, selection of speakers, and panels. Important and relevant persons from the Governmental, Commercial and Non commercial sectors participated as speakers in this conference.

Educational Background

Computer Science - Universidad de la Republica - Uruguay
Master in Information Technologies Ð Universitario Autonomo del Sur - Uruguay

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Experience with the Internet's domain name and/or IP address systems:

From the technical point of view, I have lead the project in which we get connected to Internet the first non-univertsity network in Uruguay through the Uruguayan NIC in 1994. In that case we had to learn DNS configuration, which are much more easy now. All of this was new knowledge. I have actively participated in the current Internet's reform process since 1997 physically attending IFWP meetings and also by e-mail.

After ICANN creation I have worked to get more people from LAC involved in the process promoting the discussion in every place where it was possible.

I was an NC member on behalf of the Non Commercial Constituency and I had an active participation in WG-C. My comments on the final reports of WG-C and WG-B were the only comments received from Latinamerica. So, I can say that my understanding about DN issues is really good.

I have complemented my experience in DN issues with Addresses policies due to my participation in the LACNIC. Currently I serve on the Lacnic board as Chair.

Experience with the Internet's architecture:

Since 1997 I have been working as a coordinator and instructor in the Latinamerican Internet Technologies Workshops, in particular for the matters of implementation of Information Systems where I teach TCP/IP, network security and Server Configuration.

I have worked in networking and communication's projects as a technical manager or consultant in Uruguay and other countries. Since the first Internet projects in Uruguay, 10 years ago, we had to face severe problems due to the lack of human resources in that field. Nevertheless working together with a small group of organizations interested in Internet issues, we developed a valuable experience.

Experience in international and/or multicultural environments:

During the last 5 years, I have been involved in several International Organizations (ISOC, ENRED, LACNIC), in multicultural and multilinguistical activities, besides ICANN itself. These activities have contributed to deepening my understanding of different cultures.

What I hope to contribute to the ICANN Board?

I hope to contribute to foster the multicultural aspects of ICANN and to emphasize the need to consider the social implications of ICANN board decisions. I wish to collaborate with the democratic character of the organization and promote the participation of people, institutions, enterprises and goverments from the developing countries.

I am committed to the stability of the organization, understand its specific technical and associated policy scope, and wish for it to be most effective in this area.

Whether I consider myself a representative of user, technical, business, public interest, academic, governmental, intellectual property, or other interests?

I consider my self as a representative of the Latinamerican public interests. My viewpoint is a balance between commercial and non-commercial interests, in particular for aspects like IP numbers and domain names,for users and goverments. Possibly I have been more representative of public and academic interests which is well known in Latinamerica, but I have involved in commercial projects too and I have very good ties with private sector representatives.

Government Affiliations or Employment

I am abolutely free to take independent votes and positions.