He is a co-founding Board member of AfriNIC, the .za DNA and the Public Interest Registry. He was also a co-founder of the first Telkom ISP in 1997.
Alan has a BSc (Computer Science and Psychology) from Wits and MBA from UCT. He has over 20 years experience in Internet infrastructure and change management.
Today, he is the CEO of Vanilla, a licensed telco based in Cape Town South Africa and is passionate about providing broadband services for discerning users. He is also an executive at the Future Perfect Corporation, a consulting and incubating company.
Alan’s interests remain in policy development, good governance, education, netiquette and Internet research.
