Rod Beckstrom

Rod Beckstrom is a well-known cybersecurity authority, Internet leader and expert on organizational leadership and social networking. He is the former President and CEO of ICANN, the multi-stakeholder organization that helps keep the global Internet secure, stable and unified, and was the founding Director of the U.S. National Cybersecurity Center, the office entrusted with coordinating the Federal Government’s cybersecurity efforts. He is co-author of the critically acclaimed book The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations and a frequent international media commentator and public speaker.