Gabriel Accascina
Biography

Mr. Gabriel Accascina is the director of IT4dev, a consultancy firm assisting governments and institutions to use Information Technology in the development context. He has been working in this field since 1992. He was the Regional Coordinator of the UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme, which assists countries in using information, computer technology and the Internet to foster sustainable development activities.

Between '82 and '91 Mr. Accascina worked in IT and media in Silicon Valley managing his own consultancy firm. From '92 to the present he worked in a number of developing countries in Africa and mainly Asia-Pacific combining IT and development in a wide range of environments, including education, technical assistance and public policies.

Mr. Accascina has started and carried out a number of initiatives, from the first public Internet connection in four countries, to the Network Academies Project in partnership with Cisco Systems, the Mobile Internet Unit in Malaysia, and the IT Development Project in East Timor. He holds a Masters degree in development communication and is a Fellow at Harvard University Center for International Development.