Che-Hoo CHENG

Che-Hoo is knowledgeable in the area of Internet infrastructure. He is familiar with the Internet industry in Asia through his 10 years of service in APNIC Executive Council, his regional responsibility in Level 3 Asia and FLAG Telecom Asia and his active participation in other AP Internet activities plus his involvement in .ASIA TLD application.

Che-Hoo is an Internet pioneer in Hong Kong. In The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), he helped to set up the first Internet link in Hong Kong in 1991, he helped to set up .hk domain name registration service in 1993/94 and he set up Hong Kong Internet Exchange (HKIX) in 1995. He was also in charge of the set-up and operations of the campus network for the whole university. He worked there for more than 15 years until Aug 2000. Then, he joined Level 3 as Senior director, Global IP Services, Asia and was in charge of the IP Line of Business in Asia. He worked there until January 2002 when Reach took over Level 3 Asia. In June 2002, he joined Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation (HKIRC) as CEO which is in charge of .hk domain name registration officially. He left there in Jan 2003 to start his own business venture. Starting from Jan 2004, he led the application of .ASIA Top Level Domain (TLD) together with a number of ccTLDs and regional organizations. Approval was finally given by ICANN Board in Oct 2006 after 3 years of hard work.

In Jul 2005, he joined FLAG Telecom as Head of IP Business, Asia Pacific and he stayed there until Oct 2007. In Nov 2007, he re-joined CUHK as Associated Director (Infrastructure) of Information Technology Services Centre (ITSC) in charge of network, systems and operations after serving in the commercial sector for 7+ years.

As community service, Che-Hoo holds/held key positions in Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (HKISPA), Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF), DotAsia Organisation and Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter (ISOC-HK).

Che-Hoo holds BSc and MSc from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)