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| − | '''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 | + | '''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> |
| − | Bill | + | In a letter dated December 8th, Bill, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry participants, 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 that the program had taken lots of people a long time to develop, hence it had not been rushed.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> Read the letter [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here]. |
==Career History== | ==Career History== | ||
| − | In 1994, | + | In 1994, Mushkin founded Mushkin, Inc., which supplies various computer parts and other products. He sold the company in 2000 to Ramtron International.<ref>[http://miimr.com/10442480-Mushkin miimr.com]</ref> Bill bought Spot Domain LLC ([[Domainsite.com]]) in 2002. In 2003, he founded [[Name.com]].<ref>[http://namemedia.com/news/news-releases/name-com-is-latest-top-registrar-joining-afternics-domain-listing-service/ Name Media]</ref> |
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| + | ==Education== | ||
| + | Billis Photography Institute Fellow at NYU and holds a Bachelors in Philosophy and MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=277 Domainer Meeting]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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, Bill, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry participants, 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 that the program had taken lots of people a long time to develop, hence it had not been rushed.[3] Read the letter 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]