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==Career History== | ==Career History== | ||
Mr. Buck has been involved in entrepenurial Internet projects since 1993.<ref>[http://www.domaininformer.com/interviews/interview/0808InterviewWithXavierBuck.html DomainInformer.com]</ref> He founded [[Datacenter Luxembourg]] in 2000, and [[EuroDNS]] in 2002. Both projects have become leading hosting and registration companies in Europe. [[EuroDNS]] was one of the first [[registrar]]s to offer [[Proxy Registrations|proxy registrations]] for [[.fr]], and has since lobbied for the opening of other regional [[ccTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/xavier-buck.html DomainNews.com]</ref> | Mr. Buck has been involved in entrepenurial Internet projects since 1993.<ref>[http://www.domaininformer.com/interviews/interview/0808InterviewWithXavierBuck.html DomainInformer.com]</ref> He founded [[Datacenter Luxembourg]] in 2000, and [[EuroDNS]] in 2002. Both projects have become leading hosting and registration companies in Europe, and the group to which they both belong, DCL Group, celebrated its 10 year anniversary in 2010.<ref>[http://www.dclgroup.eu/press-release/dcl-group-celebrates-10-year-company-anniversary.html DCLGroup.eu]</ref> [[EuroDNS]] was one of the first [[registrar]]s to offer [[Proxy Registrations|proxy registrations]] for [[.fr]], and has since lobbied for the opening of other regional [[ccTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/xavier-buck.html DomainNews.com]</ref> | ||
Xavier Buck was born and grew up in Luxembourg. He is fluent in English, German and French. Xavier regularly participates in numerous industry forums and advisory groups.<ref>[http://wwwtalks.com/tag/xavier-buck wwwtalks.com]</ref> He currently resides in Luxembourg with his wife and child. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=42 Domainer Meeting]</ref> | Xavier Buck was born and grew up in Luxembourg. He is fluent in English, German and French. Xavier regularly participates in numerous industry forums and advisory groups.<ref>[http://wwwtalks.com/tag/xavier-buck wwwtalks.com]</ref> He currently resides in Luxembourg with his wife and child. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=42 Domainer Meeting]</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Mr. Buck was enthralled by computing and gaming at a young age; at 14 he created a computing club in his school, which eventually went on to attract some 1,500 members across Luxembourg. Xavier studied both Computer Science and Economics, before leaving academia to start his first software company.<ref>[http://wikibin.org/articles/xavier-buck.html WikiBin.org]</ref> | Mr. Buck was enthralled by computing and gaming at a young age; at 14 he created a computing club in his school, which eventually went on to attract some 1,500 members across Luxembourg. Xavier studied both Computer Science and Economics, before leaving academia to start his first software company.<ref>[http://wikibin.org/articles/xavier-buck.html WikiBin.org]</ref> | ||