Francisco da Silva
Francisco da Silva Born and raised in Portugal, he has an extensive background in the telecommunications industry. From 1998 until the end of 2002, he was chairman (previously Vice Chairman of Board 1996-1998) of the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) General Assembly. This was during a period in which ETSI initiated and co-created 3GPP and participated in ICANN through the Protocol Supporting Organization. He was elected chairman of the ETSI Board at the end of 2002.
He is Senior Councilor at Portugal Telecom Corporate Headquarters. He is Director of EURESCOM (European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications — Board of Governors) since 1991, and of ETNO (European Telecommunications Network Operators Association — Executive Board) since 1997, assuring also Portugal Telecom's representation at ETNO's General Assembly. He is as well a member of the Portugal Telecom Committee for Technology and Services.
Francisco da Silva has a Degree in Electrical Engineering (Instituto Superior Tenico – Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa). He is the author of books such as "Fronteiras do Futuro" (1994, impacts of the latest scientific and technological revolution on society) and "Narrativa Nova" (1998, dialogues of the Information Society). He is married with two children and resides in Lisbon.
He was selected for the ICANN Board by the Protocol Support Organization (now discontinued) and began service on the Board in December 2002.
Francisco Jesus Silva was selected as non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board by the Technical Liaison Group. His first term as Technical Liaison Group Liaison ended after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2004. He was selected to serve again as the non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board by the Technical Liaison Group through the 2007 annual meeting.
