Short Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

 

First name             : Mohamed Tijani

Family name         : BEN JEMAA

Date of birth           18 July 1948

Marital status        : Married, 4 children

Education:

 Level                    Degree

 Primary:               Certificat d’études primaire

 Secondary                      Baccaloreat technique

 University            Telecommunication Engineer

 English language (4 years).

 German language (2 years)

Training :

     16 training sessions of 1 to 6 weeks each in the following fields:

• TV broadcasting

• Microwave radio links

• Satellite control

• TV rebroadcasting

• Satellite ground station

• Satellite Orbital dynamic and attitude control

 

Professional career :

1969 – 1973   Deputy station manager (TV broadcast station)

1974 – 1984   Station manager (TV broadcast station).

1984 – 2000   Spacecraft Engineer in ARABSAT.                                                     

2000 -          In charge of the Commercial department at the   Office National de Telediffusion.

Civil Society activities :

Since 1982           Member of the « Tunisian Engineers Order ».

1995 – 1998         Deputy Secretary General of the Tunisian Engineers Order’s Board.

1998 – 2002         Secretary General of the Tunisian Engineers Order’s Board.

2001 – 2002         Member of the working group (appointed by the Prime Minister) in charge of defining a new channel for continuing learning for engineers   

Since 2003           Vice Chairman of CIC (World Federation of Engineering Organizations “WFEO”).

Since 2005            Vice President of the Federation of African Organizations of Engineers “FAOE”.

Since 2004           Member of the civil society Bureau for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) representing the “Science and Technology” Family.

Since 2007            Executive director of the Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations

Since 2008            Member of the AFrican Regional At-Large Organization AFRALO (ICANN)

 Nov 2009             Vice Chair of  AFRALO

 Dec 2010              Member of the ICANN At-Large Advisory  Committee (ALAC) and its Executive Committee