Names Doug Brent to the new position of Chief Operating Officer based in the Marina Del Rey office

ICANN, announced yesterday that Doug Brent has been appointed to the new position of chief operating officer. This position is key to continuing to improve ICANNs operational effectiveness.Doug will be responsible for finance, human resources, IANA, administration, conferences, and compliance as well as policy. He will be based in the Marina Del Rey office.

The new COO has a twenty-five year record of management and leadership in high technology companies in Silicon Valley. Most recently, he was CEO of Packet Design Inc., an innovator of network routing and traffic analysis solutions and led the company from its inception through commercial deployment of its products in some of the largest carrier and enterprise networks in the world. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of Packet Designs research company predecessor.

His previous positions also include vice president of engineering and acting as CEO at Andes Networks, and vice president of engineering at Whistle Communications before joining Packet Desing. When IBM acquired Whistle, he joined IBM as general manager for small business services, Global Small Business Division, says the organisation.