Chuck Gomes

Chuck has been a part of the VeriSign/Network Solutions' management team since 1984. He has over 30 years experience as a leader in business and educational environments.

Since October 1999, Mr. Gomes served as Vice President of Policy and Compliance for VeriSign Information Services (VIS), the VeriSign division that contains the VeriSign Com Net Registry, the Registry for all second-level domain names in the .com and .net top-level Internet domains. He is VIS’s primary point of contact with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and as such is actively involved in the development and implementation of policies involving all aspects of domain name registration services including international domain names, redemption grace period, registrar transfer policy, deleting names, etc.

Previously, Mr. Gomes was Vice President of Customer Programs for Network Solutions. From 1995 to 1999, he was responsible for all areas of customer service in support of Network Solution’s Internet domain name registration services. During this time, he saw staff grow from 25 to 220 and the number of domain registrations grow from about 135,000 to over 3.4 million.

In earlier responsibilities with Network Solutions, Mr. Gomes managed various programs and projects involving delivery of technical services to state and federal government agencies. Projects ranged in scope from data center construction and equipment/software procurement to computer center operations, training and information center support.

Before joining Network Solutions in 1984, Mr. Gomes was a secondary school math teacher. He has a Master of Education degree from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from the University of California at Davis.