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| |caricature = RossRaderCaricature.jpg | | |caricature = RossRaderCaricature.jpg |
| + | |affiliation= Hover.com |
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| |country = Canada | | |country = Canada |
| |email = ross [at] hover.com | | |email = ross [at] hover.com |
− | |website = | + | |website = http://www.rossrader.ca, http://www.byte.org |
| + | |blog = http://help.hover.com/category/whats-new/ |
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− | |linkedin = [http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rader Ross Rader] | + | |linkedin = http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rader |
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− | '''Ross Rader''' work for Tucows. He is the General manager of Hover, a service of Tucows Inc. from 2005 to present.<ref>[http://rossrader.ca/ rossrader.ca]</ref> | + | '''Ross Rader''' has been the General Manager of [[Hover.com]], a division of [[Tucows|Tucows Inc.]], since 2005. He has been a Board Member of [[CIRA]] since 2004,<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rader LinkedIn]</ref> and is the chair of its Board Governance Committee.<ref>[http://www.tucowsinc.com/aboutus/management.php Tucows Inc. Management Team]</ref> |
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| ==Past Work== | | ==Past Work== |
| + | Ross has been with Tucows since the very beginning. He has served as Director of Retail Services at Tucows Inc., Director of Research & Innovation at Tucows Inc., and Director of Assigned Names Division at Tucows Inc.<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rader LinkedIn]</ref> He led Tucows' launch of [[OpenSRS]] in 2000. Since 2005, he has managed Tucows' retail operations,<ref>[http://www.tucowsinc.com/aboutus/management.php Tucows Inc. Management Team]</ref> and in 2008, launched [[Hover.com]].<ref>[http://help.hover.com/2011/04/21/feedback-fuels-features-what-we-have-coming-up/ Hover Blog]</ref> |
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− | In the past he has been a Director (Board member) at CIRA, Director, Retail Services at Tucows Inc., Councillor, GNSO Registrar Constituency at ICANN, Director, Research & Innovation at Tucows Inc., Director, Assigned Names Division at Tucows Inc., Director, Marketing at Internet Direct and the General Manager at Internet Direct.
| + | Prior to joining Tucows, Ross was the Director of Marketing at Internet Direct and the General Manager at [[Internet Direct]].<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rader LinkedIn]</ref> |
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− | He was a member of Board Elections Committee at UMCA and Board Nominating Committee - ALAC Representative at ICANN.<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rader linkedin profile]</ref> | + | He has also served as a member of Board Elections Committee at [[UMCA]], an [[ALAC]] Representative for the [[NomCom]], and Councillor of the [[GNSO Registrar Constituency]] at [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rader LinkedIn]</ref> He is an active contributor to Canadian and international Internet policy and has played a role in the development of several key policies.<ref>[http://www.tucowsinc.com/aboutus/management.php Tucows Inc. Management Team]</ref> |
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| ==Education== | | ==Education== |
| + | He received his education from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, the University of Western Ontario's Richard Ivey School of Business, the University of Winnipeg. |
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− | He received his education from University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business and The University of Winnipeg.
| + | ==Fun Fact== |
− | | + | Ross is an active ultra-distance cyclist. He holds the current world record for the fastest crossing of the province of Ontario.<ref>[http://www.tucowsinc.com/aboutus/management.php Tucows Inc. Management Team]</ref> |
− | ==Interests== | |
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− | He is a record holding ultra-distance cyclist who chips away at the Canadian winter with long distance running. He love books and music and listen to anything, but opera.
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− | Ross love charity, competitive endurance cycling, long distance running, photography, music and all things internet.
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
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− | [[Category:People]]
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| [[Category:Canada]] | | [[Category:Canada]] |
| + | [[Category:Private Sector - Domain Name Industry]] |
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