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'''Tina Dam''' is the former director of the [[IDN]] program at [[ICANN]].<ref>[https://dot-nxt.com/user/685 Bio, dot-nxt.com]</ref> She resigned in January 2011.<ref>[http://idnblog.com/2011/01/02/tina-dam-moves-icann-setting-idn/ idnblog.com]</ref> Tina is the co-Founder and CEO of a new consultancy company, [[MyTLD]] focused on new [[gTLD]]s.<ref>[http://mytld.com mytld.com]</ref><ref>[https://dot-nxt.com/user/685 Bio, dot-nxt.com]</ref> In addition, she is currently writing a book on the history of [[IDN]]s, and consulting for ICANN as their [[IDN]] Advisor.

Tina holds a Master of Science in Mathematics and Physics from the Aalborg University in Denmark and a BBA in Marketing Management and International Trade from Copenhagen Business School.

Ms. Dam is a recognized authority on [[IDN]]s and the [[DNS]]. Her work has been influential in creating a global Internet through the creation and implementation of [[IDN]]s.<ref>[https://dot-nxt.com/user/685 Bio, dot-nxt.com]</ref>

Tina joined ICANN in 2003 as Chief [[gTLD]] Registry Liaison, where she was responsible for developing [[ICANN]]'s gTLD Registry functions including defining and managing processes in accordance with consensus policies and ICANN agreements for servicing the gTLD registries.<ref>[http://www.localizationworld.com/lwber2010/speakers.php localizationworld.com]</ref>

In January 2006 Tina was appointed Director for ICANN's [[IDN Program]]. In this capacity she developed and managed all IDN related projects at ICANN focused at the deployment of internationalized top level domains.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tina-dam crunchbase.com]</ref>

She is also currently acting as the COO of [[.music]].<ref>[https://dot-nxt.com/user/685 Bio, dot-nxt.com]</ref>

Prior to ICANN she worked with several companies in the [[DNS]] community, including ICANN-accredited registrar [[Ascio Technologies]] (formerly known as [[SpeedNames]]) where she oversaw the launches of the [[.biz]], [[.info]], and [[.name]] top-level domains, and managed the development of all related internal and external products and product marketing materials. Prior to Ascio, Tina was Systems Architecture Engineer at Navision Software a/s, establishing the architecture design of the company's next generation of products.<ref>[http://www.quarkbase.com/people/icann.org quarkbase.com]</ref>

Ms. Dam joined ICANN in 2003 as Chief [[gTLD]] [[Registry]] Liaison, where she was responsible for developing ICANN's [[gTLD]] Registry functions, and defining and managing processes in accordance with consensus policies and ICANN agreements for servicing the gTLD registries.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tina-dam crunchbase.com]</ref>

 

In January 2006, Tina was appointed Senior Director of ICANN's [[IDN]] Program. In this capacity, she developed and managed all IDN-related projects as ICANN focused on the deployment of worldwide [[TLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tina-dam crunchbase.com]</ref>

 

Before working with ICANN, Tina worked with an ICANN-accredited company [[Ascio]] Technologies, formerly known as [[SpeedNames]]. At Ascio, Tina supervised the launch of the [[TLD]]s [[.biz]], [[.info]] and [[.name]] as well as many other [[ccTLD]]s and general domain products. Prior to joining Ascio, Tina worked at Navision Software as a Systems Architecture Engineer, where she helped in developing the architecture of the company's next generation of products.<ref>[http://www.quarkbase.com/people/icann.org quarkbase.com]</ref>

 

Tina holds a Master of Science in Mathematics and Physics from the Aalborg University in Denmark and a BBA in Marketing Management and International Trade from Copenhagen Business School.<ref>[http://www.localizationworld.com/lwber2010/speakers.php localizationworld.com]</ref>

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