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'''Frans Gerbosch''' was a member of the Advisory Committee with the [http://www.pir.org Public Interest Registry]<ref>[http://be.linkedin.com/in/fransgerbosch Linkedin]</ref> for 7 years, a managing partner at [http://www.networx.be NWX Projex] Ltd., the owner of [http://www.eusip.com EUSIP bvba] (or [http://www.rack66.com Rack66]), founding partner of [http://smarttouch.be Smarttouch], a Belgian company specialized in POS (Point of Sales) systems, and also an independent Internet consultant with his firm, [[FraGerCo]].

As a result of his different positions, he has a wide network of contacts within the European ISP market, but also within the Belgian Government.

==Background==
Frans first became involved in the Internet in January, 1995, through one of the first Belgian [[ISP]]'s, [http://www.hookon.be HookOn]. He structured the organization and took care of the daily management. 

In 1997, he was one of the founders of the Belgian [http://www.xs4all.be XS4ALL Internet NV], daughter of the Dutch [http://www.xs4all.nl XS4ALL Internet BV], an [[ISP]] with a focus on small and medium sized enterprises. He worked as its CEO for 3.5 years. Meanwhile, in December 1998, [http://www.xs4all.nl XS4ALL] became a subsidiary of the Dutch Telecom operator [http://www.kpn.nl KPN].

The Federation of Belgian ISP's [http://www.ispa.be ISPA] asked him to join the board in 1999. In 2000, he was elected as Vice-President, a position he held until the moment he left [http://www.xs4all.be XS4ALL] in July.

By the end of 2000, he started offering his services as independent strategic consultant at different major Belgian and international Internet and telecom investment companies. Beginning in 2001, he supported [http://www.cbel.com CBel] with the launch of the housing and co-location project Rack66. In 2002, he was co-founder of the Belgian Internet Broadband Applications Platform [http://www.biba.be BIBA], which began as an initiative of the Belgian Ministry of Telecommunications, with the main goal to foster broadband development in Belgium. In September, 2003, he was elected secretary.

In 2003, he co-founded [http://www.eusip.com EUSIP bvba], which continued the housing & hosting project Rack66 as an independent company. [http://www.eusip.com EUSIP bvba] is an official Registrar of [http://www.ripe.net RIPE], the Belgian [[ccTLD]] [http://www.dns.be .be], the European [[TLD]] [http://www.eurid.eu .eu], and the Dutch [[ccTLD]] [http://www.sidn.nl .nl].

Frans then co-founded [http://www.networx.be NWX Projex LTD] that offers website engineering and Internet based application development.

September, 2006, Mr. Gerbosch was asked to become a non-executive director of [[WiMax]] Europe, which is located in Ireland.

December, 2006, Frans joined the [[Registrar]]-Forum of the Belgian [[ccTLD]] [http://www.dns.be .be].

March, 2007, he was elected as a member of the Advisory Board of [http://www.pir.org PIR], the Public Interest Registry, and reserve member of the [http://www.eurid.eu .eu] Council of Conduct. He served the Advisory Board till 2015.

May, 2007, Frans co-founded [http://www.oxopia.com Oxopia NV]. 

In July 2007, he decided to join the board of [http://www.vadro.be Vadro NV], a Belgian videoproduction company. He left this company 2009.

November, 2007, he was asked to join the Belgian chapter of the [[OpenDocSociety]].

November 2014 he founded with his friend Yves Stouten, [http://smarttouch.be/ Smarttouch], that brings Point of Sales solutions to the Belgian market.

==ISOC==
In February, 2005, he joined the [[ISOC]] -Belgian Chapter and became the vice-chair of the board.<ref>[http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/FransGerbosch Diplo Internet Governance Community]</ref> [http://www.isoc.be ISOC] Belgium has been an [[ALS]] and an official [[EURALO]] member since 2007. As a result of this engagement and experience he was asked to be a member of the jury of the Belgian selection of the World Summit Award ([[WSA]]) in 2005, and also in 2007.

April, 2007, Frans was appointed Chair of the Election committee of [[ISOC ECC]].

==Education==
He attened Don Bosco College Zwijnaarde of Belgium.<ref>[http://www.plaxo.com/profile/show/8590566813?pk=95fd073b626bf9aec5162499aa3339c6a60a186f Plaxo.com]</ref> He studied Engineering at BME Highschool in Gent and the University of Ghent.

He followed a Management course at the Vlerick Management School of Ghent.

==Career History==
* CTO & COO, Owner, and Party Architect of SALS Event- & Bookingoffice, January 1991-July 1995.

* Secretary of the Board & General Manager at [http://www.hokon.be Hookon vzw], August 1995-February 1996.<ref>[http://www.domain.gr.com/about/comments-testimonials/frans-gerbosch-mac-public-interest-registry Domain.gr]</ref>

* Co-Founder and CEO at [htpp://www.xs4all.be XS4all Internet Belgium], January 1997 - July 2000.<ref>[http://www.xing.com/profile/Frans_Gerbosch Xing.com]</ref>

* Secretary of the Board at [http://www.biba.be BIBA Platform], December 2002- December 2006.

* Non-Executive Director at [[Wimax EU]] Ltd., September 2006- September2009.

* Independent Internet Consultant at [[FraGerCo]] (Self-employed), January 1997-Present.

* Managing Partner (Owner) at [http://www.eusip.com EUSIP bvba], October 2003-Present. <ref>[http://www.viadeo.com/en/profile/frans.gerbosch Viadeo.com]</ref>

* Managing Partner at [http://www.networx.be NWX Projex Ltd.], January 2004 - Present.

* Member of the Advisory Committee at [http://www.pir.org PIR], April 2007- end 2015.
* Managing Partner (Owner) at of [http://smarttouch.be/ Smarttouch], November 2014-Present

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