Denver, CO (October
15, 2012): Today, the Broadband Internet
Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) announced that Dale Hatfield, BITAG’s
founding Executive Director, is stepping down from his position. He will continue to work with BITAG in an
advisory capacity. BITAG also announced
the appointment of Professor Douglas Sicker as its new Executive Director and
Chair of the Technical Working Group.
Under Hatfield, an Adjunct Professor in the
Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder
and former Chief Technologist of the Federal Communications Commission, BITAG
began operations and has issued three separate reports on various technical
topics that affect Internet network management.
Hatfield said, “I am extremely pleased with the progress that we have
made in creating a great multi-stakeholder organization that I think can serve
as a model for further developments in Internet governance. I cannot think of anyone better than Doug Sicker
to lead BITAG into the future.”
Sicker
has held various positions in academia, industry and government. In addition to his roles at BITAG, Sicker will
continue as an endowed professor in the Department of Computer Science at the
University of Colorado at Boulder with a joint appointment in the
Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program.
From 2009 to August 2012, Sicker served in a series of government
positions. Most recently, Sicker was the
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Advisor for Spectrum at the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Sicker also served as the Chief Technology
Officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and prior to this served
as a senior advisor on the FCC National Broadband Plan. He has also served as Director of Global Architecture
at Level 3 Communications and Chief of the Network Technology Division at the
FCC. Doug
was involved in the early efforts to establish BITAG and its Technical Working
Group TWG. Sicker said, “Building upon what Dale has
helped to create, I am confident in BITAG’s ability to take on increasingly
challenging technical issues and I am looking forward to working with the
members of the Technical Working Group to do so.”
Gigi B. Sohn,
BITAG Board Chair and President and CEO of Public Knowledge, said, “BITAG is
indebted to Dale for his service and efforts in building and leading the BITAG
for the past 3 years. In Doug Sicker the
Board has found a leader with the professional background, personal integrity,
and technical expertise to take on the most challenging technical issues
related to network management.”
Questions
should be directed to BITAG’s Deputy Director, Kaleb Sieh, at 303-720-7351 or ksieh@bitag.org.
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