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*He, with the collaboration of Jon Postel played an important role in the reformation of the [[.US]] domain.
 
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*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]].
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=== Publications ===
 
=== Publications ===

Revision as of 15:31, 1 December 2010

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   [mindsandmachines.com/blog mindsandmachines.com/blog]
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   [antonyvc Antony Van Couvering]
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   @antonyvc

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 ccTLD. 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, which includes .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