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=== Career History ===

=== Career History ===

She has been in the Domain Name industry since 1998. She has developed and managed over 160 worldwide partnerships and devised strategies to Fortune 500 companies on global online branding, domain name portfolio development and protection. She worked for [[VeriSign]] for 7 years as Senior Product Manager/Senior Registry Relations.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546048123 facebook.com] In this role, Karla was responsible for developing, deploying and managing a wide range of [[TLD]] products and partnerships for the Digital Brand Management Services Group. Prior to joining VeriSign, Karla was Director of Global Service Development of [[1GlobalPlace]], Inc. As the international operations point-of-contact, she developed and managed the company's global operations, all TLD and brand protection service portfolio and communications. Additionally, she served as in-house co-counsel for international [[IP]] issues, supported the company's acquisition process and transition of intellectual property assets. Before working at the TLD industry, Karla has helped US companies with international expansion planning and provided cross-cultural communications training.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/valente.htm icann.org]</ref>

She has been in the Domain Name industry since 1998. She has developed and managed over 160 worldwide partnerships and devised strategies to Fortune 500 companies on global online branding, domain name portfolio development and protection. She worked for [[VeriSign]] for 7 years as Senior Product Manager/Senior Registry Relations.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546048123 facebook.com]</ref> In this role, Karla was responsible for developing, deploying and managing a wide range of [[TLD]] products and partnerships for the Digital Brand Management Services Group. Prior to joining VeriSign, Karla was Director of Global Service Development of [[1GlobalPlace]], Inc. As the international operations point-of-contact, she developed and managed the company's global operations, all TLD and brand protection service portfolio and communications. Additionally, she served as in-house co-counsel for international [[IP]] issues, supported the company's acquisition process and transition of intellectual property assets. Before working at the TLD industry, Karla has helped US companies with international expansion planning and provided cross-cultural communications training.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/valente.htm icann.org]</ref>

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