Reply To: Candidates who do not have key industry experience in the domain space (e.g. you have NOT worked directly for an organization in this space) what is your pitch that you can add value to the Board and the complex industry issues it faces?

[Gwen]

So – I think that’s me! I am a computer scientist with over 35 years experience in all sorts of information technology – including 15 years @ Bell Northern Research, building out capabilities for Canadian telcos, and Fed Gov’t looking at defending the cyber space. I’ve gone into board work as my 3rd act. I believe this is highly relevant to the decisions of where CIRA plays their unique role, and how to best position CIRA to make the greatest impact. Each board member has experience – and we need everyone at the table – registrars, registrants, technologists, entrepreneurs, legal, finance, governance – we make a team to bring all of the experiences to bare on the questions of the day.