Jorge Amodio

Current

Individual Member at ICANN Non Commercial Stakeholders Group
Chief Technology Evangelist at LJCV Electronics

Past

VP Engineering, Director of Operations at NTT Communications Corporation/Verio, Inc
Director of Operations, Acting General Manager at Global Enterprise Services, Inc. / JvNCNet
President & CEO at Internet Technologies S.A.

President & Founder Member at Internet Society Argentina Chapter
Technical Consultant at Organization of American States, Argentina Ministry of Education
Technical Consultant at United Nations Development Programme, Argentina Secretariat of Science and Technology
Alternate Technical Representative at MERCOSUR, Argentina Secretariat of Science and Technology
President Technical Committee at V International Olympiad in Informatics
Consultant at Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Unidted Nations Development Programme
Special Technical Advisor at Argentina Secretariat of Science and Technology
Technical Advisor at United Nations Development Programme, RBLAC & DMIS, New York
Technical Asisstant at United Nations, Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representative
Microcomputers Laboratory Assistant at University of Buenos Aires
Freelance System Programmer at Independent (Self-employed)
Electronic Technician at Division Service
Co-Owner at LESID Electronic Laboratories
System Analyst and Programmer at Microsoftware S.A.
Electronics Technician at AKAI/Enrique Udenio & CIA

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Education

Universidad de Buenos Aires
Instituto Superior de Enseñanza y Formacion
Colegio PIO IX

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Networking

Websites

Jorge Amodio’s Summary

Highly experienced business savvy Technical and Operations Executive that developed a unique combination of strong technical, project management and leadership skills during a career spanning 25+ years, on corporate and entrepreneur environments, government and international organizations.

Results oriented team-based management style with excellent communication skills and substantial hands-on experience achieving bottom line results while implementing complex advanced technology deployments, mission-critical and large scale projects on time and on budget.

Proven ability to successfully assist small and large organizations to achieve goals, increase revenues, and optimize operational results.

Jorge Amodio’s Specialties:

Large scale networks, shared and dedicated hosting architectures, technology development and selection, product development, technical planning, project management, technical operations management, strategic planning, business development support, high end sales engineering support, IT infrastructure development, telecommunications and internetworking technologies development and implementation, digital electronics research and development, etc.

Jorge Amodio’s Experience

Individual Member

ICANN Non Commercial Stakeholders Group

(Computer Networking industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the home for civil society organizations and individuals in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). With real voting power in ICANN policy making and Board selection, it develops and supports positions that favor noncommercial communication and activity on the Internet.
Chief Technology Evangelist

LJCV Electronics

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )

Independent freelance consultant in IT, Telecommunications and Networking Technlologies.
Embedded microcontroller applications and technology research and development. Hardware and firmware development for 8, 16, and 32-bits microcontrollers. Hardware prototype production and consulting, serving over sixty customers worlwide.
VP Engineering, Director of Operations

NTT Communications Corporation/Verio, Inc

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1997 — 2002 (5 years )

Various executive positions in charge of network operations and engineering, customer service, product engineering, acquisition technical due diligence, master purchase agreement negotiations, technology research and evaluation, backbone network architecture, shared and dedicated webhosting architecture, strategic planning and infrastructure development
Director of Operations, Acting General Manager

Global Enterprise Services, Inc. / JvNCNet

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )

Technical business development, strategic and infrastructure planning in Buenos Aires. Network operations, engineering and customer service for JvNCNet in Princeton, NJ
President & CEO

Internet Technologies S.A.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )

Management & technical leadership for Internet Consulting and Integration Services, Training and Education, Website Development and Internet Marketing Strategies
President & Founder Member

Internet Society Argentina Chapter

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )

Non-profit professional association to promote development of Internet Technologies & Services
Technical Consultant

Organization of American States, Argentina Ministry of Education

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

1994 — 1995 (1 year )

Manager of network operations for the Federal Education Network. Technical Instructor and advisor for the Ministry and Projects Development officer
Technical Consultant

United Nations Development Programme, Argentina Secretariat of Science and Technology

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years )

Design and implementation of the Internet connection for the National Science and Technology Network. Routers and communications equipment configuration and installation. Technical assistance and design of a Local Area Network for the Secretariat of Science and Technology. Training and technical support
Alternate Technical Representative

MERCOSUR, Argentina Secretariat of Science and Technology

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Relations industry)

1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

Argentina representative to MERCOSUR Networking Committee meetings. Regional planning and operations, network architecture, scalable implementation, funding sources and strategies
President Technical Committee

V International Olympiad in Informatics

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

Technical, strategic and logistics planning. Technical Operations and Support during the competence
Consultant

Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Unidted Nations Development Programme

(Government Administration industry)

1986 — 1993 (7 years )

Global computer network, TCP/IP and LAN/WAN development, implementation and operations. Unix and DOS systems configuration and programming. Technology selection and certification, first national Internet connection. Internet AR Top Level Domain Technical administrator
Special Technical Advisor

Argentina Secretariat of Science and Technology

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

1992 — 1992 (less than a year)

Advisor in computer networking and technology development to the Undersecretary of Informatics & Development
Technical Advisor

United Nations Development Programme, RBLAC & DMIS, New York

(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; International Affairs industry)

1991 — 1991 (less than a year)

UNDP - JvNCNet Internet connection, access equipment and servers configuration, UN-Internet Mail bridge
Technical Asisstant

United Nations, Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representative

(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; UN; International Affairs industry)

1988 — 1988 (less than a year)

Technical Assistant and support to the President of the 1988 43rd United Nations General Assembly
Microcomputers Laboratory Assistant

University of Buenos Aires

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

1985 — 1988 (3 years )

Laboratory equipment administration and maintenance. 8086 Assembler, PASCAL, BASIC programming. Equipment evaluation, specification and testing for the Computer Science Department
Freelance System Programmer
Independent (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

1985 — 1986 (1 year )

IT systems development and implementation in BASIC and PASCAL for various personal computer platforms and operating systems
Electronic Technician

Division Service

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

1983 — 1985 (2 years )

Audio, Video, Personal Computing and other electronic equipment maintenance and service. Replacement parts selection and procurement
Co-Owner

LESID Electronic Laboratories

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

1979 — 1983 (4 years )

Microprocessor and digital electronics design and implementation, PLC design and programming
System Analyst and Programmer

Microsoftware S.A.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1979 — 1982 (3 years )

IT Project Leader, IBM Argentina Third Party Solution Provider and training, Systems Programmer for Texas Instruments Argentina. IBM 5110/5120, IBM BASIC, Series/1 EDX and EDL, DS-990/DX-10 Assembler, COBOL programming. Hardware interfaces development
Electronics Technician

AKAI/Enrique Udenio & CIA

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

1974 — 1978 (4 years )

HiFi Audio and Video Equipment assembly, calibration and service

Additional Information

Jorge Amodio’s Websites:

Jorge Amodio’s Interests:

Computer Science, Internetworking, Telecommunications, Electronics, Microprocessors, MIDI Music, Cooking, Folk Art

Jorge Amodio’s Groups:

ACM, Internet Society (ISOC), CCIRN, NANOG, IETF, ARRL, UniForum, Microchip Forum, Radio Club Argenttino (LU4AA), Buenos Aires Radio Club (LU4BB), Amateur Radio Operator LU2AQO