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=== Education ===
=== Education ===
* Alexander has a masters degree in Aviation and Space Engineering. <ref>[http://www.dotgay.com/team.html dotgay.com team page]</ref>
* Alexander has a masters degree in Aviation and Space Engineering. <ref>[http://www.dotgay.com/team.html dotgay.com team page]</ref>
=== Career History ===
* Though Alexander had been in the domain name industry since 1997, he became a full time domain consultant in the year 2000
* He and [[Dirk Krischenowski]] initiated the campaign of launching [[.berlin]] in 2005.
* He actively takes part in [[ICANN]] meetings, having attended 12 of them <ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/rfi-domaintasting/msg00015.html forum.icann.org]</ref>
* He is the CEO of [[Cyberinvest Group SIA]], a latvian based company that develops [[parked domainnames]] into businesses


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:56, 15 May 2011

Country: Germany
Email: alexander [at] schubert.info
Website:

   [schubert.info schubert.info]

Facebook:    [Alexander Schubert Alexander Schubert]
LinkedIn:    [Alexander Schubert Alexander Schubert]
Twitter:    @domainakquise

Alexander Schubert was the first person to propose the idea of the .gay TLD to ICANN in June, 2009. [1] He was also a founder of the .berlin initiative, along with Dirk Krischenowski;[2] thus, he has been involved in the gNSO process for the approval of new gTLDs, and has been attending ICANN meetings since 2004. He founded .berlin in 2005, and .gay in 2009.

Alexander is also responsible for .miami and .florida iniatives, .florida is the first gTLD initiative that is specifically designed for a US state.[3]

Philanthropy[edit | edit source]

Both .gay and .florida plan to return 2/3 f their profits back to the communities that they represent; the LGBT community and Floridian community.[4]

Industry Participation[edit | edit source]

Alexander is also a regular attending of domaining conferences, such as T.R.A.F.F.I.C, the Domain Roundtable, and DomainFest.[5]

Education[edit | edit source]

  • Alexander has a masters degree in Aviation and Space Engineering. [6]

References[edit | edit source]