'''Thomas Rickert has been a lawyer and partner with [[Schollmeyer & Rickert]] since 1998; he is also currently acting as the Chair of the Names and Numbers division at the Association of the German Internet, [[eco]]. He has been a member and participant within [[eco]] since 1999. Both of these positions are set to expand in scope and work as the new [[gTLD]] process is implemented.<ref>ICANN40 SF Interview</ref>