Malcolm Johnson (administrator)

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Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (ITU-T)
Malcolm Johnson

Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2007

Born	June 19, 1947 Trallwng, Wales, United Kingdom
Nationality	British

Malcolm Johnson of the United Kingdom (UK) is the current Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) of the ITU Standardization Sector (ITU-T). He was elected Director by the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, 2006 in Antalya, Turkey. He took office on 1 January 2007.^[1]

1 Early years and education
2 Career and work experience
- 2.1 ITU
  - 2.1.1 Major achievements
- 2.2 Other experience
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Early years and education

Born in Trallwng, a small town in the principal area Powys of Wales. Attended Cardiff University (Bachelor of Science Degree with 1st Class Honours; Master of Science Degree; Chartered Engineer; Member of Institution of Engineering and Technology).^[2]

[edit] Career and work experience

Johnson represented UK in several international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Inmarsat, and the European Space Agency (ESA). He was employed at the Telecommunication Regulations Division of the European Commission between 1987 and 1992. Later on, from 1992 to 2003, Johnson was Director of the UK’s Radiocommunications Agency. In 2003, Johnson joined the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) at its inception, he was International Coordinator with lead responsibility for UK in ITU and European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT).^[3] He remained in this position until 2006.^[4]

[edit] ITU

Johnson has extensive knowledge of ITU gained over 20 years. As Head or Deputy Head of UK Delegations to all ITU conferences, assemblies and advisory groups since 1991, he became well known to many of the key players in ITU with a reputation for conciliation, cooperation and innovation.^[5]

[edit] Major achievements

Johnson was responsible for many initiatives in the management, structure and functioning of ITU. Among these achievements are his proposal for the new Global Standards Collaboration (Sydney, 2001), chairing the Reform Group on standardization prior to Plenipotentiary Conference 2002 and initiation of many reforms in ITU-T to speed up the work and increase the role of the private sector.^[6]

He also initiated the process for regional preparations for ITU conferences, established and chaired the first interregional group to prepare for an ITU conference (1995) and established the CEPT preparatory process for ITU conferences with European Common Proposals and coordination procedures which he promoted in other regions. Johnson also established the Commonwealth ITU group.^[7]

[edit] Other experience

In addition to his ITU experience, Johnson has four years’ experience working in the European Commission where he was responsible for the projects and legislation supporting the development of the GSM and DECT technical standards. He also represented the European Commission in CEPT and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).^[8]