Alan Levin is an expert at helping organizations exploit opportunities made possible by technology. He helps leaders understand the real potential and risk behind technological changes, and helps them adapt their organisations appropriately. This includes launching new ventures, re-inventing business models, opening new channels, entering new markets, retooling business processes, repositioning brands, communicating in new ways, and in some cases doing each of these things in the negative when called for: shutting down ventures, closing channels, exiting from markets, or shelving a brand.
Alan currently serves on a number of governing bodies including Chairman of the Internet Society South African Chapter and the .za Domain Name Authority Treasurer. He has served in a governing capacity on numerous boards, the most notable being the founding treasurer of the – US based – Public Interest Registry and founder of the Bandwidth Barn (an ICT co-operative).
He participates in ICANN and operates AfriDNS, providing information about African country code domain names. Levin was elected IT Person of the Year by the Computer Society, Western Cape in 2001-3.
Alan is widely experienced in the appropriate use and management of Open Source Software and applications and an advocate of open systems. He has a BSc in Computer Science and Industrial Psychology, and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.
