Cedarampattu S Mohan

Ram Mohan is the Chief Strategy Officer of Identity Digital, the second largest internet domain name company in the world, where he works closely with the CEO, board members and executives to achieve the company’s long-term vision. Prior to this, he was the COO of Afilias, a domain name registry infrastructure company, leading it from its founding to significant business growth and success, resulting in its acquisition by Identity Digital in 2020.

After immigrating from India at age 22, Ram worked at Unisys Corporation and First Data Corporation before joining Philadelphia’s first Internet startup firm Infonautics Corporation in 1995, eventually becoming their CTO and helping them list on the Nasdaq stock exchange in 1996. Ram was a founder of the technology behind TurnTide, an anti-spam company acquired by Symantec (a provider of internet security) in July 2004. He served on the Board of ICANN, the global non-profit that oversees the Internet, from 2008 to 2018. He currently serves on the Board of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and several startup companies.

A cybersecurity expert, he co-founded the Security and Stability Advisory Committee at ICANN, which provides advice on major threats to Internet infrastructure. He is an inventor on seventeen U.S. patents for his work in Internet technology. Ram was the recipient of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s ‘40 Under 40′ award, InfoWorld’s ‘Top 100 Technology Leaders’ award, a CIO100 honoree, and Guinness World Record holder (2018).

He completed his BS in Electrical Engineering and his MBA in India before working on his MS at Drexel and post-graduate coursework at Harvard.