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Vanda Scartezini
Vanda Scartezini is an Electronics Engineer and a Brazilian citizen, and graduated from college in 1970. Since then she has held many management positions with private technology companies and public institutions. She is the co-founder of and has been an active partner in Polo Consultores, a Brazilian IT consulting company, since 1985. She also acts as President of Altis, a Software & Service outsourcing company, www.altis.org.br, and as chair of the board of FITEC, an ICT R&D foundation www.fitec.org.br. She is also an associate partner of Getulio Vargas Foundation Projects (www.fgvprojetos.fgv.br) and member of the board of ABES, the Brazilian Software Industry Association.
She served as National Secretary of Industrial Technology and as National Secretary of Information Technology in the Brazilian Federal Government. She is also former President of the Brazilian Patent Office. From 2000 until March 2004 she was the Brazilian representative on the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee. She also served as GAC Vice Chair until March 2004.
She has acted as Brazilian Government representative in many international missions around the world as well as an expert and consultant for international institutions. She was honored with many of the major prizes in the Brazilian IT Industry. She is also honorable member of Abranet, the IST Brazilian Association, and of the Brazilian Chamber of Electronic Commerce. Among other ICT associations, she is also a member of WTN – World Technology Network, www.wtn.net.
Scartezini was elected to membership on the ICANN Board in December 2004. Her three-year term ended with ICANN annual meeting in November 2007.