Icann Head Will Step Down Next July

Announcement comes amid controversy over new domain scheme

Rod Beckstrom, CEO and president of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the organization that oversees the Internet address system, is planning to resign next July when his three-year contract is up, The New York Times reports.

Beckstrom announced his departure from Icann on Twitter late Tuesday. Later, in a press release, he said, “I am incredibly proud of Icann’s achievements throughout my tenure. In two short years we have advanced this organization to a new level of professionalism and productivity, and turned it into a genuinely multinational organization that will serve the world community long after my time here.”

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