Vanda Scartezini

(excerpted from ICANN website)

Vanda Scartezini is an Electronic Engeneer, Brazilian citizen, graduated in 1970. Since then she has held many management positions in private technology companies and in public institutions. She is the co-founder of Polo Consultores, a Brazilian IT consulting company since 1985. She served as the Brazilian National Secretary of Industrial Technology and as the National Secretary of Information Technology. She was also President of the Brazilian Patent Office. From 2000 until march 2004 she was the Brazilian representative at ICANN GAC. She served as GAC Vice Chair, term ended at March 2004.

She acted as Brazilian Government representative in many international missions around the world as well as an expert and consultant for institutions like WIPO, UNDP and UNCTAD. Untill last year she taught Intellectual Property at the MBA level in one of the major business academic institutions in Brazil (FGV – Fundacao Getulio Vargas).

She holds a position in many professional IT entities in Brazil, is a member of the board of four R