About

Without intervention, technological progress will continue to marginalize most of the world's languages and widen the digital literacy gap—at scale.

Given the urgency of the challenge at hand, CODI’s core mission centers around using member resources, expertise and networks to systematically address technological barriers, with an emphasis on multilingual and universal digital access.

Here’s how we do it:

Education: Research & Digital Resource Development

Advocacy: Collaborative Partnerships & External Engagement

Awareness: Public Awareness Campaigns

Our Members

Leadership

Ram Mohan, CODI Chairman and Founder

A seasoned executive with a strong strategy orientation, Ram works closely with the CEO, board members, and executives to achieve Identity Digital’s long-term vision. Ram served as COO and co-founder at Afilias, acquired by Donuts in 2020, where he launched the .info, .org and .io registries, building the world’s second-largest domain name registry.

Ram’s previous positions include Co-Founder of TurnTide (acquired by Symantec 2001) and COO of Infonautics (publicly traded Ed-Tech company). His board positions include Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) and ICANN (2008-2018). Ram also co-founded ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). He is an inventor of nineteen U.S. patents in Internet technology, recipient of InfoWorld's 'Premier 100 Technology Leaders' award, a CIO100 honoree, and Guinness World Record holder (2018). Ram enjoys running (7 marathons and counting), playing with his two girls, and living with his wife in picturesque Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Christian Dawson, CODI Co-Founder, and Co-Founder of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition

Christian Dawson is the Co-Founder of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) where he works to make the Internet a better, safer place for the businesses that make up the Cloud. Dawson spent 16 years as an executive at web hosting provider ServInt. While there, he co-founded the Save Hosting initiative, designed to galvanize web hosting providers in their opposition of PIPA & SOPA. He went on to help found the i2Coalition to ensure that those who build the infrastructure of the Internet have a voice in all matters of public policy that affect them.

He is a staunch advocate for Internet freedom as a tool for social and economic growth by fostering the growth and expansion of the Internet economy. Dawson served as the Chairman of the i2Coalition Board from 2012 to 2016. As of January 2016, Dawson has joined the i2Coalition in a full-time position as its first Executive Director.