Rafael Lito Ibarra
Rafael Lito Ibarra
El Salvador
Rafael “Lito” Ibarra is the Founding President and CEO of SVNet (SV Domain Name Registry). He has been a member of the boards of ICANN, LACNIC, LACTLD, and RedCLARA. He is one of the founders of LACTLD and RedCLARA, and an active member of several organizations in El Salvador, including TBox, Conexión, IXSal, CasaTIC, INNBox, ITCA, SV Internet Society Chapter, Pagadito, MIDO, Poliédrica, and others.
He contributes to print and digital publications, and frequently gives talks and lectures at both the national and the international level. He has received national and international recognition for his work, including the LACNIC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
In December 2021 he was inducted into the global Internet Hall of Fame. Lito has been a member of the United Nations Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) since December 2022. He is known as the “Father of the Internet” in El Salvador. evolution we must define.