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Victor Ciza
EDUCATION:
Adelphi University- Garden City, New York (USA):
Degree : Master of Business Administration ( May 1983).
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium) :
Degree : Ingénieur Civil des Mines (June 1976).
Training Opportunities and Conferences :
- Internet Society (ISOC) : Participation in INET Meetings since 1999
- ICANN : Participation in quarterly and annual Meetings since 2000
- LOTUS Development European Corporation (Authorised Education Centre): Lotus Park, The Causeway, Staines, Middlesex, U.K.:Training on Lotus Notes,1996.
- African Development Bank (ADB), Abidjan, Ivory Coast :
Attachment for 1 month in Administration, January 1990.
- Centre de Perfectionnement et Formation en Cours d'Emploi (C.P.F.), Bujumbura, Burundi : Training in English Language, 1980.
- Duluth, Minnesota, USA : Symposium on Peat Mining and Industrial Use, August 1980.
- Washington, D.C., USA : Symposium on New and Renewable Energy Sources, July 1979.
- Centre de Perfectionnement et de Formation en Cours d'Em¬ploi (C.P.F.),¬ Bujumbura, Burundi : Workshop on Supply and Stock Management, 1979.
- University of Burundi : Training in Indus¬trial Management, March 1978.
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE :
Fluent in : Kirundi & Français
Good knowledge of English
Some knowledge of : Swahili and German
INFORMATION SYSTEMS :
MS Windows, LOTUS 123, WordPerfect, Word 2000, Excel, Access, Internet use
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Commune of RUTANA (Burundi) :
June 2005- : Elected Member of Municipal Council
Sénat de Transition du Burundi :
April 2004- : August 2005 Senator
Consultancy :
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), business development and management, accounting, technical and financial feasibility studies, statistical studies, projects evaluation..
Centre Burundais de l’Internet (CBINET s.a.) :
Since January 1998, Chief Executive Officer
CBINET (URL : http://www.cbinet.bi ) offers internet services for Burundi, including international connectivity to the WWW through our own Vsat link, Management of the .BI ccTLD, Top Level internet Domain Name for Burundi, Registration of Internet domain names, Internet Training, Web Hosting, e-mail services, cybercafés etc…
Since 1999, participation into internet related conferences organized by various institutions (ISOC, ICANN, WIPO,ITU, AFRINIC …)
Since June 2000 : Member of the National ICT Committee
Société Burundaise de Financement (SBF), a Financial Institution:
March 1994- June 2002, Member of the Board of Directors.
Centre National de l’Informatique (CNI):
Since December 1993 to date, Member of the Board of Directors.
Computers and Telecommunications (COMPUTEL):
Since 1992 to date, Member of the Board of Directors Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank):
1989-1992, Director of Administration.
Government of Burundi, Ministry of Finance:
Oct.1988- August 1989. Auditor General. Member of the Executive Committee of the Public Enterprises Fund. Auditor for EGL (Energy specialized Institute for C.E.P.G.L, African Great Lakes Economic Community including DRC, Rwanda and Burundi).
Government of Burundi :
Oct.1987- Oct.1988. Minister of Ener¬gy and Mines.
Société Burundaise de Financement (S.B.F.) :
Oct.1984- Oct.1987, Economic Advisor.
Société Générale de Services (SOGES), a Consultancy Firm :
Oct. 1984-Sept. 1987, Managing Director
Dec. 1983 to date : Member of the Board of Directors
Department of Geology and Mines :
Jul.1983- Sept.¬1984. Manager of a Nickel Deposit Mining Project, Field Study jointly funded by the Government of Burundi and the World Bank.
Peat Mining Company (ONATOUR)
May 1977- January 1982. Chief Executive Officer
Department of Mines:
January- May 1977. Deputy Director
Department of Industry:
Oct.1976- Jan.1977. Adviser.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Trustee of Burundi’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIB) et Chairman of the professional Section « Imports and Wholesale»: since January 2003
Member of the Advisory Council of INTIF (Institut Francophone des Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information et de la Formation) since 2003.
Member of Burundi’s ICT National Committee since june 2000.
Professor at ISCAM (Institut Supérieur des Cadres Militaires) : 1986- 1990.
Member of the Board of Trustees of I.N.S.S.
(Institut National de Sécurité Sociale) : 1977- 1982.
Vice President of Burundi’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry: 1978-1982.
President of RUTANA’s Development Association (1996-1999).
AFFILIATIONS :
ISOC (Internet Society)
ICANN-At-Large (Internet Corporation for assigned Names and Numbers)
Member of the ccNSO Council at ICANN
AFRINIC (African Network Information Center),
Member of AIMS ( Association des Ingénieurs Civils de la Fa¬culté Polytechnique de Mons - Belgique) since1976.
Member of FABI ( Fédération des Ingénieurs Civils et des Ingé¬nieurs Agronomes - Belgique) since 1976.
Member of Lions Club Bujumbura Doyen since 1985.
BUSINESS TRIPS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Dem Rep.), Ivory Coast, USA, Ethiopia, Fin¬land, Fran¬ce, Ghana, Hollan¬d, Ireland, Ita¬ly, Japan, Kenya, Luxe¬mbuurg, Malaysia, Mala¬wi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Portugal, Uganda, Germany, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, Swazi¬land, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia,Uruguay, Zam¬bia, Zimbab¬we.
Bujumbura, le 05 April 2007.