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MAEMURA Akinori (SURNAME given name, 前村 昌紀) is General Manager of the Internet Development Department at JPNIC - Japan Network Information Center, which is the not-for-profit Internet promotion body and National Internet Registry for Japan.  Maemura has a more than 20-year career and experience in the Internet technical operations and coordination field.  He started his Internet career as a network engineer in 1994 at NEC Corporation, Japan, to launch its ISP business, which is now known as BIGLOBE.  After that he started being involved in the Internet Coordination among ISPs and associations, including the establishment of JANOG, the Network Operators’ Group of Japan, and IP address management at JPNIC.  In 2000, his involvement expanded when he was first elected to the Executive Council of APNIC, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, one of five Regional Internet Registries that administer the Internet number space for respective regions.  He served as an Executive Council member for 15 years, notably as the Chair for 13 years until February 2016.  The department he has been leading in JPNIC since 2009 covers a wide range of activities for the coordination and promotion of the Internet Infrastructure, including research on the Internet policies and technologies, events, communications and the oversight role of .jp ccTLD.  Maemura is directly involved in policy research and coordination for domain names and Internet governance.  As another public service, he has also been serving as a Board member of JPCERT Coordination Center since 2014.  He was selected by the Address Supporting Organization to serve on the ICANN Board of Directors in 2016 and re-selected in 2019.  His term will expire in 2022.