Geir Rasmussen
From ICANNWiki
| Country: | UK |
| Email: | grasmussen (at) gnr.com |
| Facebook: | rasmussen |
| LinkedIn: | geir-rasmussen |
Geir Rasmussen currently works as a consultant at Verisign.[1]
Mr.Rasmussen has graduated from the University of Bergen with a degree in Computer Science.
Mr.Rasmussen has an interest in Skydiving and has completed the AFF course with Infinite Skydiving Solutions [2].
Career History
- One of the founders of the .name TLD, and the CEO of The Global Name Registry until the company was acquired by Verisign on October 1st, 2008.[3]
- Founder of the personal email provider Nameplanet.com which was acquired by Netidentity.com in 2002. Nameplanet.com is now part of Tucows following an acquisition in June, 2006.
- Co-founder of Imaker AS, one of the first Web Content Management Systems.
- Founding investor in a company which produced the Free Pad, a Linux based touch-screen, wireless Tablet PC.
- Co-founder of Synaps AS, an optical measurement technology provider for the food services industry.


