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'''Ron Andruff''' is the founder and former President of [[Tralliance]] Corporation, [[registry]] operator for [[.travel]]. He was the longtime President and CEO of DotSport, LLC., which he represented at various international conferences.<ref>[http://www.peace-sport.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=182%3Adeuxieme-forum-international-peace-and-sport-programme&catid=8%3Aforum-2008&Itemid=73&lang=fr Peace & Sport 2008]</ref> The DotSport initiative was created to gather support and apply for the [[.sport]] [[TLD]] with [[ICANN]]; the organization did not end up applying for the string after years of work towards that goal.

'''Ron Andruff''' was the founder and former President of [[Tralliance]] Corporation, [[registry]] operator for [[.travel]]. He currently is the longtime President and CEO of dotSport LLC, which he represented at various international sport conferences.<ref>[http://www.peace-sport.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=182%3Adeuxieme-forum-international-peace-and-sport-programme&catid=8%3Aforum-2008&Itemid=73&lang=fr Peace & Sport 2008]</ref> The dotSport initiative was created for two reasons: (1) to create a sport social media platform for the sports world, and (2)to gather support to apply for the [[.sport]] [[TLD]] with [[ICANN]]; however the organization opted to not apply for the string after years of work towards that goal because of growing uncertainties around the process and ICANN's never-ending timeline. The social media platform [[lifedotsport.com]] is now available in Beta.  

He is also the President of [[RNA Partners]], which is an international marketing consultancy.<ref>[http://www.peace-sport.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66%3Aaller-plus-loin-pour-batir-des-solutions-durables&catid=7%3Aforum-2007&Itemid=67&lang=fr Peace Sport]</ref>

He is also the President of [[RNA Partners]], which is an international marketing consultancy.<ref>[http://www.peace-sport.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66%3Aaller-plus-loin-pour-batir-des-solutions-durables&catid=7%3Aforum-2007&Itemid=67&lang=fr Peace Sport]</ref> RNA Partners also provides consulting services to companies that have not applied for new top level domains, but wish to be kept abreast of this new Internet era so that they are properly positioned over the coming decade.

Mr. Andruff is a member of the [[Business Constituency]] at [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ron-andruff/9/331/b29 LinkedIn]</ref> He is also known as a former professional hockey player within the NHL.<ref>[http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11851 LegendsOfHockey.net]</ref>

Mr. Andruff is a member of the [[Business Constituency]] at [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ron-andruff/9/331/b29 LinkedIn]</ref> He is a member of the ICANN Nominating Committee 2013, as well as a member of the Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation (SCI).  He is also known as a former professional hockey player within the NHL, as well as the German National Hockey League.<ref>[http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11851 LegendsOfHockey.net]</ref>

==.Travel==

==.Travel==

As Founder and former President of the Tralliance Corporation, Andruff has spearheaded the .travel initiative. He founded Tralliance in 2001, and received ICANN approval to run the .travel extension in 2005.<ref>[http://www.employmedia.com/Images/pdfs/ican.board.pdf EmployMedia.com]</ref>  The travel industry’s exclusive .travel  [[TLD]] was confirmed by [[ICANN]] under his leadership; after a 30 month long application process. Commenting on the time it took to receive ICANN's approval, Ron said, "We have got to look at the global good of the internet . The body responsible is ICAAN and they really need to know who is applying, whats behind them and what they stand for".<ref>[http://www.travelmole.com/stories/98433.php travelmole.com]</ref> Tens of thousands of .travel domain names have been registered, and the initiative is currently supported by more than 140 travel trade associations from 9 industry sectors and more than 73 countries.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/application-andruff-cv-07mar10-en.pdf ICANN.org CV]</ref>

As Founder and former President of the Tralliance Corporation, Andruff has spearheaded the .travel initiative. He founded Tralliance in 2001, and received ICANN approval to run the .travel extension in 2005.<ref>[http://www.employmedia.com/Images/pdfs/ican.board.pdf EmployMedia.com]</ref>  The travel industry’s exclusive .travel  [[TLD]] was confirmed by [[ICANN]] under his leadership; after a 30 month long application process. Commenting on the time it took to receive ICANN's approval, Ron said, "We have got to look at the global good of the internet . The body responsible is ICAAN and they really need to know who is applying, whats behind them and what they stand for".<ref>[http://www.travelmole.com/stories/98433.php travelmole.com]</ref> Tens of thousands of .travel domain names have been registered, and the initiative is currently supported by more than 140 travel trade associations from 9 industry sectors and more than 73 countries.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/application-andruff-cv-07mar10-en.pdf ICANN.org CV]</ref>

Ron Andruff brought his 30+ years of marketing experience to bear in his evangelizing role with Tralliance. Unfortunately, the [[.travel]] initiative did not pick up steam and Ron left the project as it came under fire for not thoroughly authenticating its registrants as promised.<ref>[http://www.travelindex.com/blog/dot_travel TravelIndex.com]</ref><ref>[http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/dot-travel-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-brilliant-concept/ TourismInternetMarketing.com]</ref> He characterized his departure as due to a difference in vision with the remaining management team.<ref>[http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/081/travel-founder-resigns.php DomainesInfo.fr]</ref>

Ron Andruff brought his 30+ years of marketing experience to bear in his evangelizing role with Tralliance. Unfortunately, the [[.travel]] initiative did not pick up steam and Ron left the project long before it came under fire for not thoroughly authenticating its registrants as promised.<ref>[http://www.travelindex.com/blog/dot_travel TravelIndex.com]</ref><ref>[http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/dot-travel-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-brilliant-concept/ TourismInternetMarketing.com]</ref> He characterized his departure as due to a difference in vision with the parent company that owned Tralliance.<ref>[http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/081/travel-founder-resigns.php DomainesInfo.fr]</ref>

In 1998, he made his mark in the travel industry when he co-founded [[fare 1, Inc.]], a powerful business-to-trade Internet portal that enables travel agents to quickly search for and provide clients with the lowest available fares. This was later subsumed under his work with [[Tralliance]].<ref>[http://www.dotsportllc.com/index.php?pageId=14 DotSportLLC.com]</ref>

In 1998, he made his mark in the travel industry when he co-founded [[fare 1, Inc.]], a powerful business-to-trade Internet portal that enables travel agents to quickly search for and provide clients with the lowest available fares. He merged fare 1 into World Travel Holdings in the U.K. and took the company public in 1999.  

==Other Work==

==Other Work==