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 coordinates 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 Division (CSD), 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 the Internet and cybersecurity.

He has organized and spoken at many international events on a wide range of global Internet-related public policy issues and has written papers on technology strategies for the 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.

From the early 1990s, he played a key role in the introduction of the Internet and Cybersecurity to the ITU. Since 1998, he has managed the implementation of projects on the Internet, ICT applications (e.g., e-health, e-government, e-agriculture, e-education, e-payment, and e-business) and cybersecurity, including the use of advanced security technologies (biometric authentication and Public Key Infrastructure) in developing countries from all regions of the world.
He obtained a Bachelor’s (BSc) and Master of Science (MSc) degrees in Computer Science from the State University of New York.