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Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of [[Minds + Machines]].<ref>[http://www.elliotsblog.com/antony-van-couvering-named-ceo-of-top-level-domain-holdings-8224 elliotsblog]</ref> He has played a very important role in the internet governance, having a significant part in the early days of creation of [[ccTLD]]. | Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of [[Minds + Machines]].<ref>[http://www.elliotsblog.com/antony-van-couvering-named-ceo-of-top-level-domain-holdings-8224 elliotsblog]</ref> He has played a very important role in the internet governance, having a significant part in the early days of creation of [[ccTLD]]. | ||
He also chaired the meeting in singapore which gave birth to [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref> | He also chaired the meeting in singapore which gave birth to [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref> | ||
Along with [[Minds + Machines]], Couvering is also the CEO of [[Top Level Domain Holdings]], which the parent company of [[Minds + Machines]].<ref>[http://www.mindsandmachines.com/about/mm-team/ mindsandmachines.com about]</ref> | Along with [[Minds + Machines]], Couvering is also the CEO of [[Top Level Domain Holdings]], which is the parent company of [[Minds + Machines]].<ref>[http://www.mindsandmachines.com/about/mm-team/ mindsandmachines.com about]</ref> | ||
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Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of Minds + Machines.[1] He has played a very important role in the internet governance, having a significant part in the early days of creation of ccTLD. He also chaired the meeting in singapore which gave birth to ICANN.[2] Along with Minds + Machines, Couvering is also the CEO of Top Level Domain Holdings, which is the parent company of Minds + Machines.[3]
Education
- Antony studied from the University of Columbia with a Bachelors in Comparative literature.
Career History
- He has been working in the domain name industry since 1996[4]
- He founded the company NetNames in 1997 and then sold it to NetBenefit.[5]
- He founded the company NameEngine in 1999. He worked at NameEngine for two years. At NameEngine, he got the experience of working with American Express, Bridgestone-Firestone, Citibank, Colgate-Palmolive, Goodyear, Intel, Kodak, and Viacom, and with IP law firms including Fross Zelnick, Ladas & Parry, and Brown Raysman.[6]
- He sold NameEngine to VeriSign in 2001 and then worked at VeriSign till 2004.[7]
- Antony has started and managed many country-code TLDs, which includes .TM,.AS,.BT, and .PW
- He, with the collaboration of Jon Postel played an important role in the reformation of the .US domain.
- He was head of the Policy Advisory Body under the old gTLD-MoU.
- He is a member of the board of directors of DomainsBot.[8]
Publications
- This is the document he wrote as a proposal to modify the .US domain.Read Online
- While working at NameEngine, he did a research about Value Protection Index. Read Online