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'''William''' "'''Bill'''" '''Mushkin''' is the CEO of [[Name.com]], an [[ICANN]]-accredited domain [[registrar]] and web hosting company.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-mushkin/2/5ba/210 Linkedin]</ref>He is also the Founder and former President of Mushkin Inc.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mushkin+Inc.+Enters+Into+E-store+Agreement+with+TechWave.-a054125705 The Free Library]</ref> | '''William''' "'''Bill'''" '''Mushkin''' is the CEO of [[Name.com]], an [[ICANN]]-accredited domain [[registrar]] and web hosting company.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-mushkin/2/5ba/210 Linkedin]</ref>He is also the Founder and former President of Mushkin Inc.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mushkin+Inc.+Enters+Into+E-store+Agreement+with+TechWave.-a054125705 The Free Library]</ref> | ||
| − | In a letter dated December 8th, Bill, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry | + | In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Bill Mushkin, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program, in response to the [[ICANN#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|Senate Hearings]] taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> The letter can be found [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here]. |
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William "Bill" Mushkin is the CEO of Name.com, an ICANN-accredited domain registrar and web hosting company.[1]He is also the Founder and former President of Mushkin Inc.[2]
In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Bill Mushkin, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support ICANN's new gTLD program, in response to the Senate Hearings taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.[3] The letter can be found here.
Career History
In 1994, Mushkin founded Mushkin, Inc., which supplies various computer parts and other products. He sold the company in 2000 to Ramtron International.[4] Bill bought Spot Domain LLC (Domainsite.com) in 2002. In 2003, he founded Name.com.[5]
Education
Billis Photography Institute Fellow at NYU and holds a Bachelors in Philosophy and MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. [6]