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| + | '''Paul M. Kane''' is CEO and Chairman of the Kane Group. '''Paul M. Kane''' is CEO [[CommunityDNS]]. In 2010, Paul Kane was selected by [[ICANN]] as one of 7 [[TCR]]s, who are responsible for safe-guarding a share of the ROOT Zone's [[DNSSEC Recovery Key]].<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/paul_kane_selected_as_one_of_seven_security_key_holders/ Paul Kane Selected as One of Seven Security Key Holders]</ref><ref>[http://www.root-dnssec.org/tcr/selection-2010/ Information about DNSSEC for the Root Zone]</ref> |
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− | '''Paul M Kane''' is an experienced CEO and Chairman of Kane group of companies. In 2010 Paul Kane was selected by ICANN as one of 7 [[TCR]]s (Trusted Community Representative) who are responsible for safe-guarding a share of the ROOT Zone's [[DNSSEC Recovery Key]].<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/paul_kane_selected_as_one_of_seven_security_key_holders/ Paul Kane Selected as One of Seven Security Key Holders]</ref> <ref>[http://www.root-dnssec.org/tcr/selection-2010/ Information about DNSSEC for the Root Zone]</ref>
| + | He has been involved in the software development/Internet industry since 1984. Paul’s group of companies currently employ 114 employees in offices based in the UK, Japan, the US, and satellite offices in Oman and Dubai. |
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− | He has been involved in the software development/Internet industry since the early 80's. Paul’s group of companies currently employ 114 staff in offices based in UK, Japan, US and satellite offices in Oman and Dubai.
| + | One of his companies, [[ICB]], located in the UK and Tokyo, provides [[Registry]] services to 14 [[TLD]]s both directly and other TLDs as a back-end technical contractor. In addition, [[ICB]] owns and operates its own [[DNS]] infrastructure on 4 continents around the world, receiving around 12 billion queries per day providing 24x7x365 support. |
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− | One of his companies, [[ICB]] located in UK and Tokyo provides Registry services to 14 TLDs both directly and other TLDs as back-end technical contractor. In addition [[ICB]] owns and operates its own DNS infrastructure on 4 continents around the world, receiving around 12 billion queries per day providing 24x7x365 support.
| + | ==ICANN Involvement== |
| + | He was appointed as an interim Names Council Representative to the [[RyC|Registries Constituency]] in November, 1999, then elected to the [[DNSO]] - Names Council as a Representative of the [[Registrar Constituency]] in March, 2000. |
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| + | Paul has also been the chair of [[Intake Committee]], the chair of the [[Whois Committee]] and a member of the [[IDN Task Force|International Domain Names Task Force]]. |
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| ==Work== | | ==Work== |
| + | Paul was Chairman of [[CENTR]]'s Board of Directors. Paul was founder and CEO of [[REACTO]].com, the world’s largest stand-alone provider of “gTLD Registrar in a box” platforms for ICANN Accredited Registrars. REACTO was sold in 2002. He was involved in the creation of ICANN in 1997 and served on the gTLD Policy Body (Name Council) for a number of years. |
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− | Paul is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[CENTR.org]]. Paul was founder and CEO of REACTO.com, the world’s largest stand-alone provider of “gTLD Registrar in a box” platforms for ICANN Accredited Registrars. REACTO was sold in 2002. He was involved in the creation of ICANN in 1997 and served on the gTLD Policy Body (Name Council) for a number of years.
| + | Paul is a Special Adviser to a number of governments and United Nations Agencies for issues relating to eCommerce and the Internet. Since 1992 he has been frequent presenter and speaker on Internet issues at Internet Summits, [[WIPO]], UNCTAD, WTO, and the Group of 8 Industrialised Nations Meetings.<ref>[http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/icann-nominations/Arc01/msg00011.html ICANN Nominations - Paul M. Kane's Acceptance Statement]</ref> |
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− | Paul is a Special Adviser to a number of Governments and United Nations Agencies for issues relating to E Commerce and the Internet. | |
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− | ==Kane group include== | + | ==Kane Group Companies== |
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− | * [http://www.nic.AC http://www.nic.AC] | + | * [[nic.ac]] |
− | * [http://www.nic.IO http://www.nic.IO] | + | * [[NIC.io]] |
− | * [http://www.nic.SH http://www.nic.SH] | + | * [[NIC.sh]] |
− | * [http://www.nic.TM http://www.nic.TM] | + | * [[NIC.tm]] |
− | * [http://www.inone.com http://www.inone.com] | + | * [[inone.com]] |
− | * [http://www.uWHOIS.com http://www.uWHOIS.com] | + | * [[uwhois.com]] |
− | * [http://www.icb.co.uk http://www.icb.co.uk] | + | * [[Internet Computer Bureau|icb.co.uk]] |
− | * [http://www.ioj.jp http://www.ioj.jp] | + | * [[IOJ.jp]] |
− | * [http://www.kitasp.com http://www.kitasp.com] | + | * [[Kitasp]] |
− | * [http://www.CommunityDNS.eu http://www.CommunityDNS.eu] | + | * [[CommunityDNS]] |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| [[category: USA]] | | [[category: USA]] |
| + | [[Category:CcTLD Community]] |
| + | [[Category:Private Sector - Domain Name Industry]] |
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