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'''Paul M. Kane''' is | '''Paul M. Kane''' is CEO and Chairman of the Kane Group. In 2010, Paul Kane was selected by [[ICANN]] as one of 7 [[TCR]]s, who are responsible for safe-guarding a share of the ROOT Zone's [[DNSSEC Recovery Key]].<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/paul_kane_selected_as_one_of_seven_security_key_holders/ Paul Kane Selected as One of Seven Security Key Holders]</ref><ref>[http://www.root-dnssec.org/tcr/selection-2010/ Information about DNSSEC for the Root Zone]</ref> | ||
He has been involved in the software development/Internet industry since 1984. | He has been involved in the software development/Internet industry since 1984. Paul’s group of companies currently employ 114 employees in offices based in the UK, Japan, the US, and satellite offices in Oman and Dubai. | ||
One of his companies, [[ICB]], located in the UK and Tokyo, provides [[Registry]] services to 14 [[TLD]]s both directly and other TLDs as a back-end technical contractor. In addition, [[ICB]] owns and operates its own [[DNS]] infrastructure on 4 continents around the world, receiving around 12 billion queries per day providing 24x7x365 support. | One of his companies, [[ICB]], located in the UK and Tokyo, provides [[Registry]] services to 14 [[TLD]]s both directly and other TLDs as a back-end technical contractor. In addition, [[ICB]] owns and operates its own [[DNS]] infrastructure on 4 continents around the world, receiving around 12 billion queries per day providing 24x7x365 support. | ||
==ICANN Involvement== | ==ICANN Involvement== | ||
He was appointed as an interim Names Council Representative to the [[Registries Constituency]] in November, 1999, then elected to the [[DNSO]] - Names Council as a | He was appointed as an interim Names Council Representative to the [[Registries Constituency]] in November, 1999, then elected to the [[DNSO]] - Names Council as a Representative of the [[Registrars Constituency]] in March, 2000. | ||
Paul has also been the chair of [[Intake Committee]], the chair of the [[WHOIS Committee]] and a member of the [[International Domain Names Task Force]]. | Paul has also been the chair of [[Intake Committee]], the chair of the [[WHOIS Committee]] and a member of the [[International Domain Names Task Force]]. | ||
==Work== | ==Work== | ||
Paul is currently | Paul is currently Chairman of [[CENTR]]'s Board of Directors. Paul was founder and CEO of [[REACTO]].com, the world’s largest stand-alone provider of “gTLD Registrar in a box” platforms for ICANN Accredited Registrars. REACTO was sold in 2002. He was involved in the creation of ICANN in 1997 and served on the gTLD Policy Body (Name Council) for a number of years. | ||
Paul is a Special Adviser to a number of governments and United Nations Agencies for issues relating to eCommerce and the Internet. Since 1992 he has been frequent presenter and speaker on Internet issues at Internet Summits, [[WIPO]], UNCTAD, WTO and the Group of 8 Industrialised Nations Meetings.<ref>[http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/icann-nominations/Arc01/msg00011.html | Paul is a Special Adviser to a number of governments and United Nations Agencies for issues relating to eCommerce and the Internet. Since 1992 he has been frequent presenter and speaker on Internet issues at Internet Summits, [[WIPO]], UNCTAD, WTO, and the Group of 8 Industrialised Nations Meetings.<ref>[http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/icann-nominations/Arc01/msg00011.html ICANN Nominations - Paul M. Kane's Acceptance Statement]</ref> | ||
==Kane | ==Kane Group Companies== | ||
* [http://www.nic.AC http://www.nic.AC] | * [http://www.nic.AC http://www.nic.AC] | ||
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