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− | |portrait = AlexanderSchubertPortrait.jpg | + | |portrait=AlexanderSchubertPortrait.jpg |
− | |caricature = AlexanderSchubertCaricature1.jpg | + | |caricature=AlexanderSchubertCaricature1.jpg |
− | |born = Germany
| + | |country=Latvia |
− | |country = Latvia | + | |email=alexander [at] schubert.berlin |
− | |born = September 1965
| + | |websitename=schubert.berlin |
− | |email = alexander [at] nichetlds.com | + | |website=http://www.schubert.berlin/ |
− | |website = [http://www.nichetlds.com/ NicheTLDs.com] | + | |linkedin=http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderschubert |
− | |linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/in/dotgay Alexander Schubert] | + | |userbox={{Template:UBX-CARD48}} |
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− | | + | '''Alexander Schubert''' is heavily involved in new [[gTLD]]s, both as a consultant and as an Internet entrepreneur.<ref name="linkedin">[http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderschubert Alexander Schubert, LinkedIn.com. Retrieved 2016 May 19.]</ref> Alexander has been working as a domain consultant since 1997. He was the first person to propose the idea of the [[.gay]] TLD to [[ICANN]] in June, 2009. He was also a founder of the [[.berlin]] initiative, along with [[Dirk Krischenowski]]; thus, he has been involved in the [[gNSO]] process for the approval of new [[gTLD]]s, and has been attending [[ICANN]] meetings since 2004. He (co-)founded [[dotBERLIN|.berlin]] in mid 2005, and [[.gay]] in mid 2009. [[Dotgay LLC]] plans to return 2/3 of their profits back to the gay community. |
− | '''Alexander Schubert''' is heavily involved in new [[gTLD]]s, both as a consultant and as an Internet entrepreneur. Alexander has been working as a domain consultant since 1997. He was the first person to propose the idea of the [[.gay]] TLD to [[ICANN]] in June, 2009. He was also a founder of the [[.berlin]] initiative, along with [[Dirk Krischenowski]]; thus, he has been involved in the [[gNSO]] process for the approval of new [[gTLD]]s, and has been attending [[ICANN]] meetings since 2004. He (co-)founded [[dotBERLIN|.berlin]] in mid 2005, and [[.gay]] in mid 2009. [[Dotgay LLC]] plans to return 2/3 of their profits back to the gay community. | |
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| ==Industry Participation== | | ==Industry Participation== |
− | Alexander is also a regular attendee of [[domaining]] conferences, such as [[T.R.A.F.F.I.C.]], the [[Domain Roundtable]], and [[DOMAINfest]]. He attends some 12 Internet related conferences per year, including all ICANN meetings. | + | Alexander is also a regular attendee of [[domaining]] conferences, such as NamesCon. He attends most ICANN meetings. |
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| === Education === | | === Education === |
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