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Candidate for the post of Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Dr Bob HORTON
Deputy Chairman, Australian Communications Authority
CURRICULUM VITAE
| Personal details | Born 29 May 1947, Oldham, England. Australian nationality. Married with two adult children. |
| Professional qualifications | B.Sc. (1st class Honours) in Electronic Engineering, 1968, and Ph.D. in Microwave field, 1971 from University of Wales. |
| Fellow of Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers, and Fellow of Institute of Engineers, Australia. | |
| Related attributes | President of Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers, Australia, during 1988-1989. Author of some 100 or so technical and business papers for journals, trade publications and conferences. Voted Communicator of the Year in Australia in 1993 by Australian Telecommunications Users' Group. |
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Chairman of Australian CCITT Committee and its successor, the Australian Telecommunication Standardization Committee (ATSC) during 1991-1997. Negotiated first Associate Membership of ACC (and ATSC) with ETSI in 1991, observer status with T1 Committee, and relationships with other standards bodies in Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Canada. |
| Chairman of GSC1 meeting, 1994, in Melbourne, and co-chair of GSC3, 1996, in Korea. | |
| Chairman of TSAG in ITU-T during 1993-1996, charged with mandate of reform of work programme and working methods in ITU-T, together with better collaboration and cooperation with administrations, private industry, and needs of the Development Sector and other areas of ITU. | |
| Delegate at WATTC 1988, Melbourne. Delegate at Additional Plenipotentiary Meeting, 1992, Geneva. Deputy Head of Delegation at Plenipotentiary Meeting, 1994, Kyoto. | |
| Currently, Board Member of Standards Australia, which is Member of ISO and IEC, and is also responsible for production and sales of all Australian Standards. | |
| Also currently Chairman of Asia Pacific Standardization Programme within the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, comprising some 29 countries. | |
| Secondment | During 1987/88, seconded to Department of Transport and Communications for Telecommunications Policy Review. |
| Languages | Basic knowledge of German and French. |
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CAREER SUMMARY |
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| Shortform | After graduation, some 18 years of experience with a telecommunications network operator - Telecom Australia - in research and later in corporate strategy. Then 8 years involved in regulation of convergent industries of telecommunications, radiocommunications and broadcasting. During this total period, I have - inter alia - had a great deal of involvement with standards development and processes. |
| During my career, I have had management responsibility for various sizes of working units, ranging from a dedicated section of specialist skills, through to corporate dimensions requiring the development and articulation of vision, culture, commitment and development of human resources. | |
| My contacts and experiences in regional and international matters are suited to the needs of ITU. | |
| 1997 - present | Deputy Chairman, Australian Communications Authority |
| The Authority is responsible for regulation of the telecommunications industry and the radiocommunications community in Australia, including Australia's interface to ITU-T and ITU-R. I am also an Associate Member of the Australian Broadcasting Authority. | |
| 1989-1997 | General Manager, Technical and later Member, AUSTEL |
| As a General Manager responsible for technical regulation of the Australian telecommunications industry with the independent regulatory body, AUSTEL, during 1989-1993. | |
| As a Board Member of AUSTEL during 1993-1997. | |
| 1985-1989 | Corporate Strategy, Telecom Australia |
| For most of the time as Director, Industry Strategy involved in longer term industry trends and directions, with some time as Executive Aide to the Managing Director. | |
| 1971-1985 | Research Laboratories, Telecom Australia |
| Progressed through the fields of microwave solid state devices and techniques, optical fibre and metallic systems and components, digital radio, cellular radio and satellite systems, and finally wideband systems research. | |
| BOB HORTON'S COMMITMENT TO THE ITU-T SECTOR | |
| Doctor Bob Horton can
bring to the position of Director, TSB, a valuable combination of
leadership and management skills, drawn from 27 years of experience
in telecommunications engineering, management, and regulatory
affairs.
The Telecommunication Standardization Bureau faces increasing pressure to respond to complex issues within short time-frames, and needs to continually improve its capacity to serve the ITU membership. Bob Horton has actively contributed to this process over several years, including four years as Chairman of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG). In Australia he has had high-level responsibilities for structural and regulatory reform processes, as well as the administration and leadership of the major government organization managing telecommunication standardization. His experience includes extensive corporate and technical exposure within a leading network operator in the Asia-Pacific region - Telecom Australia - notably including responsibility as Director of Industry Strategy, dealing with the manufacturing industry. Doctor Horton is well-known throughout the ITU community for his positive contributions over a long period. If elected, he can provide first-class, innovative leadership to the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, both internally and in its relationships with private sector constituents and the developing world. |
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Contact details |
Dr Bob Horton Deputy Chairman Australian Communications Authority 200 Queen Street Melbourne, Victoria P.O. Box 13112 Law Courts Melbourne, Vic. 8010 Tel: +61 3 9963 6868 |
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