Rod Beckstrom — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-author of the best-selling book "The Starfish and the Spider"
Formulated Beckstrom's law, an economic model for valuing networks
Founder and CEO of The Rod Beckstrom Group since 2001
Served as President and CEO of ICANN from 2009 to 2012
Director of the U.S. National Cybersecurity Center from 2008 to 2009
Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of CATS Software Inc., which went public on NASDAQ
Holds an MBA from Stanford University and was a Fulbright Scholar

Biography

Rod Beckstrom is an American author, high-tech entrepreneur, and investor, known for his leadership in both the private and public sectors. He is the Founder and CEO of The Rod Beckstrom Group, established in 2001. Previously, he served as President and CEO of ICANN from 2009 to 2012, where he oversaw significant developments including the DNSSEC signing of the DNS root and the expansion of the gTLD namespace.

Before his tenure at ICANN, Beckstrom was appointed Director of the newly created U.S.