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Ram Mohan named Afilias COO

Ram Mohan named Afilias COO

Long-time employee takes on a fresh role at Afilias.

Ram Mohan Picture, COO of AfiliasApparently it’s a big week for executive appointments.

Afilias has named Ram Mohan as Chief Operating Officer of the firm. This is a fresh position and it appears it will take over a lot of the responsibilities of CEO Hal Lubsen. Most of Lubsen’s notes will now note to Mohan. Lubsen will still oversee finance, mergers and acquisitions and most legal.

Mohan has been with Afilias since 2001 when the firm started in order to launch .info. He has served as the Chief Technology Officer. He’s also very involved with ICANN and Internet Society (ISOC).

He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Manipal Academy, an MBA from Bharathidasan University and an MS in Computer Science from Drexel University.

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