G3ict Team

Axel Leblois
Executive Director

Axel Leblois spent over 20 years at the helm of information technology companies in the United States including as CEO of Computerworld Communications, CEO of IDC - International Data Corporation, President of Bull HN Worldwide Information Systems - formerly Honeywell Information Systems, CEO of ExecuTrain and President of W2i, the Wireless Internet Institute.  
Mr. Leblois is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities organized for policy makers, civil society and the private sector to foster collaboration among multiple stakeholders.  In his capacity, Mr. Leblois oversees all the publishing, capacity building and advocacy activities of G3ict.  Mr. Leblois served as a Senior Special Fellow of UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and is a founding trustee of its North American affiliate CIFAL Atlanta.   He served as chairman of the board of the Atlanta International School and is currently chairman of the board of CASIE, the Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education and a trustee of the Clarkston Development Foundation.  Mr.  Leblois holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris.

Daniel Aghion
Co-Founder

Daniel Aghion is Executive Director of The Wireless Internet Institute, formerly Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of GlobeID, Vice President, International of IDE/Aranex; Vice President, Marketing, SoftNet, Director of Marketing, Digital Communications Associates (DCA), founder and Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of Micro Connection International.

Martin Gould
Research Committee Chair

Martin Gould, Ed.D. is the G3ict Research Committee Chair. He joined the work of G3ict in December 2006, and has worked on a number of projects related to the CRPD. Mr Gould's professional work over the past 26 years includes directing federal policy research at the National Council on Disability in the United States, directing non-profit outcomes research, administering family and student support systems in school systems, and serving as a university lecturer and academic researcher. He took his doctorate in education and research from The Johns Hopkins University in 1985.

Francesca Cesa Bianchi
Director of External Relations

Francesca Cesa Bianchi has been associated with G3ict since its first Global Forum in March 2007 at UN headquarters in New York. In her position as Director of External Relations, she oversees media relations, as well as cooperation with international institutions, academia, and the private sector. Prior to her current position, Ms. Cesa Bianchi served as Director of Public Relations for the Georgia Council for International Visitors, freelance writer for CNN Italia, and a Carter Center-accredited election observer in Venezuela in 2003 and 2004. Additionally, she is a Fellow of CIFAL Atlanta, the North American affiliate of the Decentralized Program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) where she led the Gender Equality Initiative (2006-2009). A native of Milan, Italy, Ms. Cesa Bianchi graduated with a degree in political science from the Universitá degli Studi of Milan, and holds a M.A. degree in communication from Georgia State University.

Nirmita Narasimhan - Global Reports Director

Dónal Rice - Joint ITU/G3ict e-Accessibility Toolkit Editor

Nilofar Ansher - Online Producer

Elsa Studer - Research Analyst

Viviana Montenegro - Research Analyst