Kuo Wei Wu
Title of nominee | Mr |
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Name of nominee | Wu, Kuo-Wei |
Organization | National Information Infrastructure Promotion Association |
Position in the organization | CEO |
Member organization of the nomination | TWNIC |
APNIC account name | TWNIC-TW |
Contact name | Ching-Heng Ku |
Reasons for nomination |
Kuo-Wei is very knowledgeable in the area of Internet policy and infrastructure. He is very familiar with the Internet industry in Asia through his 10-year service in APNIC EC, his global and regional experiences include IGF (2006~Now), WSIS (2004~2005), ICANN (1998~Now), APNIC (1996~Now), ISOC (1996~Now), PIR (2008~Now), APRICOT (1996~Now), APNG (1996~2001), APTLD(2000~2002), APAN (1995~2000), TWNIC (1995~Now), TWIA (2006~Now). His experience and knowledge in the global and regional Internet activities plus his management skill is valuable. His continuous services in APNIC EC will certainly benefit the APNIC community as a whole. Kuo-Wei is a well-known Internet pioneer in Taiwan and AP region. In his function as deputy director of NCHC (National Center for High Performance Computing) in Taiwan, he helped to set up TANET (Taiwan Academic Network) in operation in 1991, he helped to initiate Taiwan NII (National Information Infrastructure) project in 1994 and one of the founding members. He served as the deputy director of NCHC for 8 years (1990~1998). Then, he joined Yam Digital as the Senior VP, one of the major internet portals in Taiwan, and was in charge of the ISP coordination and business operation from 1998 to 2000. In June 2000, he joined Acer, Inc. as a VP which is in charge e-Service division to provide internet services for industry. Starting from Jan 2004, he works for NIIEPA in Taiwan as the CEO. And he leads the teams to develop information security consultant services, internet policy researches, and international and national standard researches. As community service, Kuo-Wei holds several key positions in Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Public Internet Registry (PIR), Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC), TWIA (Taiwan Internet Association), COSA (Chinese Open System Association), Computer Audit Association (CAA). Kuo-Wei holds BSc and MSc from TungHai University (Taiwan), University of Cincinnati (USA), and Columbia University (USA). |
Second nomination
Title of nominee | Chief Executive Officer |
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Name of nominee | Mr. Kuo-Wei Wu |
Organization | NII |
Position in the organization | Chief Executive Officer |
Member organization of the nomination | NEC Taiwan Ltd. |
APNIC account name | NEC-TW |
Contact name | Emily Chou |
Reasons for nomination | Representative of Taiwan |