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'''Gavin Brown''' is the CTO for [[CentralNic]].<ref>[https://www.centralnic.com/company/wire?op=user&user=Gavin+Brown&from=30 CentralNic.com]</ref> He has held this position since 2005; he was been working with CentralNic since 2001.<ref>[http://www.dot-nxt.com/panelist/gavin-brown dot-nxt.com]</ref> He started at CentralNic as a webmaster, and was then promoted to Senior Developer prior to his current position.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinbrownuk LinkedIn]</ref> He also is the CTO for one of CentralNic's joint ventures, [[Central Registry Solutions]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinbrownuk LinkedIn]</ref>
'''Gavin Brown''' is a Principal Engineer in the Technical Services team of the Global Domains & Strategy division of [[ICANN]], joining the organization in 2023. Prior to this, he spent 22 years at [[CentralNic]], where he served as CTO, Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Registry Services<ref>https://centralnicregistry.com/about/news/2020-04-01-gavin-brown</ref>.


Gavin Brown was instrumental in the largest [[DNSSEC]] deployment to date, in late 2010; it was implemented across 22 extensions.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20101129_centralnic_completes_largest_dnssec_deployment/ CircleID]</ref>
==Industry Participation==
Gavin was a member of ICANN's DNS Security Facilitation Initiative<ref>https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/hats-off-to-the-dns-security-facilitation-initiative-tsg-for-exceptional-report-15-10-2021-en</ref> and Access to Non-Public Registration Data<ref>https://www.icann.org/tsg</ref> [[Technical Study Group]]s.


==Industry Participation==
Gavin is active in the [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] and was a co-author on two [[RFC]]<nowiki/>s: RFC8334 (EPP Launch Extension)<ref>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8334/</ref> and RFC8748 (EPP Fee Extension)<ref>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8748/</ref>.
Since May 2017, Gavin is a member of the [[ECO|eco Association]] Names & Numbers Steering Committee.<ref>[https://international.eco.de/2017/news/eco-association-names-numbers-steering-committee-starts-its-work.html Press Release eco Association]</ref>
 
From May 2017 until he joined ICANN, Gavin was a member of the [[ECO|eco Association]] Names & Numbers Steering Committee.<ref>[https://international.eco.de/2017/news/eco-association-names-numbers-steering-committee-starts-its-work.html Press Release eco Association]</ref> In parallel he was a member of eco's topDNS Initiative Advisory Committee<ref name=":0">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinbrowndotxyz/details/organizations/</ref>. He was also a member of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the [[Global Cyber Alliance]]<ref name=":0" />.


Mr. Brown was a panelist at the first [[.nxt|.nxt Conference]] for a session entitled, "Implementation: How to run a Registry".
Mr. Brown was a panelist at the first [[.nxt|.nxt Conference]] for a session entitled, "Implementation: How to run a Registry".

Revision as of 17:01, 30 October 2023
Organization: ICANN
Country: UK
Email: gavin.brown[at]icann.org
Website:

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LinkedIn:    Gavin Brown
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Gavin Brown is a Principal Engineer in the Technical Services team of the Global Domains & Strategy division of ICANN, joining the organization in 2023. Prior to this, he spent 22 years at CentralNic, where he served as CTO, Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Registry Services[1].

Industry Participation

Gavin was a member of ICANN's DNS Security Facilitation Initiative[2] and Access to Non-Public Registration Data[3] Technical Study Groups.

Gavin is active in the Internet Engineering Task Force and was a co-author on two RFCs: RFC8334 (EPP Launch Extension)[4] and RFC8748 (EPP Fee Extension)[5].

From May 2017 until he joined ICANN, Gavin was a member of the eco Association Names & Numbers Steering Committee.[6] In parallel he was a member of eco's topDNS Initiative Advisory Committee[7]. He was also a member of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the Global Cyber Alliance[7].

Mr. Brown was a panelist at the first .nxt Conference for a session entitled, "Implementation: How to run a Registry".

He has had articles published in technical journals, co-authored a book on the Perl language programming, and worked at a start-up in the online recruitment sector.[8]

Education

Gavin attended Canterbury Christ Church University and The University of Kent.[9]

Interviews

Gavin was interviewed at ICANN 44 in Prague.


References

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