MOHAMMAD AL ZAROONI

Mohammed Al Zarooni is the Director for aeDA the Domain Administration initiative within the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) managing the “.ae” and the Arabic dotEmarat domain namespace. He graduated from Etisalat College of Engineering in 2002 and joined the ISP in the UAE at that time, where he was responsible for many tasks in the fields of Internet Authentication Services, Database Services, and System Administration and lead the Internet Services Provisioning as a Manager. In October 2007, Eng. Mohammed joined the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of .ae Domain Administration. He was involved in building the .ae infrastructure from the beginning including the implementation of network links, disaster recovery and DNS diversification. The .ae Domain Administration is the Regulatory Body and Registry Operator for the .ae domain name. He is an active participant in the domain industry including ICANN and other domain industry forums, seminars, and conferences. His expertise and experiences with respect to Internet and related services qualified him to lead a team of engineers in the .ae Domain Administration, introducing best Information Technology practices to the .ae Domain Name space. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of aeDA´s business.