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* He founded the company [[NameEngine]] in 1999. He worked at [[NameEngine]] for two years. At [[NameEngine]], he got the experience of working with American Express, Bridgestone-Firestone, Citibank, Colgate-Palmolive, Goodyear, Intel, Kodak, and Viacom, and with IP law firms including Fross Zelnick, Ladas & Parry, and Brown Raysman.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref>
 
* He founded the company [[NameEngine]] in 1999. He worked at [[NameEngine]] for two years. At [[NameEngine]], he got the experience of working with American Express, Bridgestone-Firestone, Citibank, Colgate-Palmolive, Goodyear, Intel, Kodak, and Viacom, and with IP law firms including Fross Zelnick, Ladas & Parry, and Brown Raysman.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref>
 
* He sold [[NameEngine]] to [[VeriSign]] in 2001 and then worked at [[VeriSign]] till 2004.<ref>[http://www.mindsandmachines.com/about/mm-team/ mindsandmachines.com about]</ref>
 
* He sold [[NameEngine]] to [[VeriSign]] in 2001 and then worked at [[VeriSign]] till 2004.<ref>[http://www.mindsandmachines.com/about/mm-team/ mindsandmachines.com about]</ref>
* Antony has started and managed many [[country-code TLD]]s, which includes [[.TM]],[[.AS]],[[.BT]], and [[.PW]]
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* Antony has started and managed many [[country-code TLD]]s, including [[.tm]],[[.as]],[[.bt]], and [[.pw]]
* He, with the collaboration of Jon Postel played an important role in the reformation of the [[.US]] domain.
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* He, with the collaboration of Jon Postel played an important role in the reformation of the [[.us]] domain.
 
* He was head of the Policy Advisory Body under the old [[gTLD-MoU]].
 
* He was head of the Policy Advisory Body under the old [[gTLD-MoU]].
 
* He is a member of the board of directors of [[DomainsBot.com]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/antonyvc linkedin]</ref>
 
* He is a member of the board of directors of [[DomainsBot.com]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/antonyvc linkedin]</ref>

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   [antonyvc Antony Van Couvering]
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Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of Minds + Machines.[1] He has played a very important role in the internet governance, having a significant part in the early days of creation of the ccTLDs.

He also chaired the meeting in singapore which gave birth to ICANN.[2] Along with Minds + Machines, Couvering is also the CEO of Top Level Domain Holdings, which is the parent company of Minds + Machines.[3]

Education

  • Antony studied from the University of Columbia with a Bachelors in Comparative literature.

Career History

  • He has been working in the domain name industry since 1996[4]
  • He founded the company NetNames in 1997 and then sold it to NetBenefit.[5]
  • He founded the company NameEngine in 1999. He worked at NameEngine for two years. At NameEngine, he got the experience of working with American Express, Bridgestone-Firestone, Citibank, Colgate-Palmolive, Goodyear, Intel, Kodak, and Viacom, and with IP law firms including Fross Zelnick, Ladas & Parry, and Brown Raysman.[6]
  • He sold NameEngine to VeriSign in 2001 and then worked at VeriSign till 2004.[7]
  • Antony has started and managed many country-code TLDs, including .tm,.as,.bt, and .pw
  • He, with the collaboration of Jon Postel played an important role in the reformation of the .us domain.
  • He was head of the Policy Advisory Body under the old gTLD-MoU.
  • He is a member of the board of directors of DomainsBot.com.[8]

Publications

References