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'''Stéphane Van Gelder''' was CEO of [http://www.tldfastrack.com/ TLD Fastrack Limited]. The firm provides a one-stop-shop solution for prospective New Internet Suffix (New gTLD) operators.


He is the General manager of [http://www.indom.com INDOM], France's leading corporate domain name registrar.
Before launching TLD Fastrack Limited, Stéphane was Executive Vice President of StartingDot, the registry operator for the TLDs [[.archi]], [[.bio]] and [[.ski]]. Stéphane was also General Manager of Indom, a corporate domain registrar which he cofounded in 1999.


Stephane is fully bilingual and bicultural, having spent many years living in England and France. He has always been interested in computing and studied Computer Science at Sussex University (known as Brighton Polytechnic when he was there). He has a Comp. Sc. Degree at BSc level (bachelor of science).
He passed away on the 26th of March 2018, after being involved in a motorcycle crash.


Stephane Van Gelder moved back to France after getting his degree and started a career in sports journalism. Motorsports is also a great passion of his and he was a newspaper and television journalist covering motorcycle and car racing at the highest international level for ten years.
===ICANN Involvement===
Stéphane has been active in Internet governance for years. He was a board member for the French registry [[AFNIC]] from 2004 to 2010. He was elected treasurer of ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group in 2008, and that group's European representative on the GNSO Council that same year. Stéphane was elected Vice Chair of the [[GNSO]] Council in 2009 and Chair the following year. He was re-elected as GNSO Council Chair at the 2011 Dakar ICANN meeting.


The entity that was to become INDOM was created in 1997 under the name ANDCONET. He joined the project in 1999 to start INDOM. He is one of the three cofounders of the firm.<ref>[http://www.stephanevangelder.com/archives/5-About-me.html stephanevangelder.com]</ref>
Stéphane has chaired [[ICANN]]'s [[Nominating Committee]], having been selected to do so by the [[ICANN Board]]. He is also on the Executive Committee of ICANN's [[Registries Stakeholder Group|Registry Stakeholder Group]] (RySG) as Vice Chair Policy.<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/rysg GNSO Council Representatives. Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.]</ref>


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Latest revision as of 17:58, 9 June 2021

Organization: Milathan LTD
Affiliation: GNSO
Region: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Email: svg [at] milathan.ltd
Website:

   http://milathan.com

Twitter:    @stephvg
Formerly a member
of ICANN's GNSO


Formerly a member
of ICANN's RrSG


Featured in the ICANN 41 - Singapore playing card deck

Stéphane Van Gelder was CEO of TLD Fastrack Limited. The firm provides a one-stop-shop solution for prospective New Internet Suffix (New gTLD) operators.

Before launching TLD Fastrack Limited, Stéphane was Executive Vice President of StartingDot, the registry operator for the TLDs .archi, .bio and .ski. Stéphane was also General Manager of Indom, a corporate domain registrar which he cofounded in 1999.

He passed away on the 26th of March 2018, after being involved in a motorcycle crash.

ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]

Stéphane has been active in Internet governance for years. He was a board member for the French registry AFNIC from 2004 to 2010. He was elected treasurer of ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group in 2008, and that group's European representative on the GNSO Council that same year. Stéphane was elected Vice Chair of the GNSO Council in 2009 and Chair the following year. He was re-elected as GNSO Council Chair at the 2011 Dakar ICANN meeting.

Stéphane has chaired ICANN's Nominating Committee, having been selected to do so by the ICANN Board. He is also on the Executive Committee of ICANN's Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG) as Vice Chair Policy.[1]

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