AUSTRIA

ITALY

1999-2000 - IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
1991-1999 - ETSI - European Telecommunications Standard Institute
1988-1991 - AEM - Advanced Electronic Microsystems
1986-1987 - Agecontrol
1975-1986 - IBM

I have a solid background in software development and telecommunications, a good understanding of the technology and operations of the Internet, and long experience in technical management.  I have also been active in the IETF.
I participated in the process that eventually led to the creation of ICANN in different capacities, including:
. signatory of the gTLD-MoU;
. participant in the IFWP (International Forum for the White Paper), and member of the Steering Committee;
. member of CORE, and member of CORE Executive Committee;
. elected member of POC (Policy Advisory Committee);
. participant in the EC-PoP (European Panel of Participants).
About the PSO, I participated in the drafting phase of its founding document, the PSO-MoU, as representative of the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI), one of the four signatories.
I also played a major role in the DNSO since its formation phase, in particular in the establishment of the Non Commercial Constituency, and at present I am the Chairman of the DNSO General Assembly.
Another added value I can bring to the ICANN Board is the experience in multicultural environments. I have worked in several different countries, often in international and multicultural environments, and am able to conduct business in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
I am a member of the Internet Society.

I have no employment and/or consulting relationship with ICANN or any ICANN-related business.
I have no ownership or investment interests in any ICANN-related business.
I am currently the Chairman of the DNSO General Assembly.

As Chairman of the General Assembly, my primary target has been to involve a broader audience in the process, and to give a voice in particular to the individuals and entities that were not adequately represented in the Constituency system, like individual users and individual domain name holders, family businesses, civil society.
If elected to the Board by the At-Large Membership, I intend to keep a similar attitude and make sure that also those who are not part of the Supporting Organizations have the attention they deserve.
I believe that the role of the Membership cannot be only to elect the At-Large Directors, but should be also to participate in a pro-active way in the ICANN process.  The task of the At-Large Directors is also to favour the self-organization of the Membership, and to be the link between the Membership and the Board.  This will be one of my primary concerns if elected to the Board.
I am preparing a Web site (http://www.chez.com/rgaetano/ICANN.htm) where I will post relevant material in 5 European languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Italian), and I opened an E-Mail account (rgaetano@chez.com) dedicated to the correspondence with the At-Large Members about the elections.

I am an employee of a UN specialized agency, established under international treaty, but serve in a technical management position and have no influence in the agency's policy-making decisions.
Moreover, I participate in this process on my own time and resources, without any support from my employer.