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| |email = jacob[at]urbanbrain.jp | | |email = jacob[at]urbanbrain.jp |
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− | '''Jacob Williams''' is the COO and Director of Business Development at [[UrbanBrain]] since 2009. UrbanBrain helps its clients navigate [[ICANN]]'s new [[gTLD]] application process. Jacob is also involved with UrbanBrain's parent company, [[Interlink]];<ref>ICANN40 SF Interview</ref> which is an [[ICANN]] accredited registrar involved with the [[Registrar's Constituency]]. | + | '''Jacob Williams''' is the Director of Domain Services at [[Interlink]] and Operations and Business Development at [[UrbanBrain]]. UrbanBrain helps its clients navigate [[ICANN]]'s new [[gTLD]] application process. Jacob is also involved with UrbanBrain's parent company, [[Interlink]];<ref>[[ICANN 40]] Interview</ref> which is an [[ICANN]] accredited registrar involved with the [[Registrar Constituency]]. |
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| + | Jacob regularly attends [[domaining]] and IT conferences to lead and participate in discussions surrounding the roll-out of new [[gTLD]]s and the application process involved therein.<ref>[http://urbanbrain.jp/en/tag/icann/ UrbanBrain Blog]</ref> |
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| + | Jacob is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah; though he has been living and working in Japan for around a decade, thus he is fluent in English and Japanese and conversational in Spanish.<ref>[http://urbanbrain.jp/en/about-us/team/ UrbanBrain.com]</ref> |
| + | ==Background== |
| + | Jacob Williams has worked as a domain recovery specialist and liaison for [[ICANN]] policy making with an [[ICANN]] accredited registrar. He has also held managerial positions at American Express.<ref>[http://urbanbrain.jp/en/about-us/team/ UrbanBrain.com]</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| + | [[Category:Private Sector - Domain Name Industry]] |
| + | [[Category:Featured]] |