Alexander Ntoko
Alexander
NTOKO is the Chief of the Operations and Planning Department in ITU where he
plays a critical role in crafting
and executing the strategic movements of ITU’s Telecommunication
Standardization Sector (ITU-T).
He directs the strategy and implementation of
IT solutions based on IoT technologies, big data, AI techniques and other
emerging technologies. He coordinates all ITU activities on the Digital Object
Architecture (DOA) and represents ITU in ICANN’s Governmental Advisory
Committee (GAC).
Prior to taking up his current
position, he was Head of ITU Corporate Strategy where his responsibilities
included ensuring organization-wide consensus and support for the development,
implementation and evaluation of the ITU Strategic Plan. He
assisted and advised the ITU Secretary-General in policies and strategies and
was responsible for the coordination of ITU activities in many areas including
Internet and cybersecurity.
He
has organized and spoken at many international events on a wide range of global
ICT-related technologies, policy and strategies and has written papers on
technology strategies for Internet, ICTs and cybersecurity. As an ITU official, he has travelled
to about 100 countries and has developed a broad perspective of ICT policies
and strategies.
He played key role in the
introduction of Internet and Cybersecurity to ITU. He has managed the
implementation of projects on Internet, ICT applications (e.g., e-health,
e-government, e-agriculture, e-education, e-payment and e-business) and cyber
security including the use of advanced security technologies (biometric
authentication and Public Key Infrastructure) in developing countries from all
regions of the world.
He obtained Bachelors (BSc)
and Master of Science (MSc) degrees in Computer Science from the State
University of New York.