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==Career History== | ==Career History== | ||
Shorter worked as a technical support staff at [[Network Solutions]] registrar business for a period of two years from 1999 to 2000. He joined Verisign in 2001 as Customer Service Supervisor. His job was primarily focused in providing technical integration and implementation support for IDN registrars under the .com and .net domain space. He also trained team members, developed knowledge base technical support documentation and managed [[DNS]] services. He was the team expert on Shared Registration System and Internationalized Domain Name. Shorter was the primary author of EPP Reference Manual of Verisign. He is also a member of the Software Developers Consortium. .<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/18120874/SOI+Will+Shorter.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1310665048000 Expression of Interest from Will Shorter for the IDN Variant TLD Latin Case Study Team]</ref> | Shorter worked as a technical support staff at [[Network Solutions]] registrar business for a period of two years from 1999 to 2000. He joined Verisign in 2001 as Customer Service Supervisor. His job was primarily focused in providing technical integration and implementation support for IDN registrars under the .com and .net domain space. He also trained team members, developed knowledge base technical support documentation and managed [[DNS]] services. He was the team expert on Shared Registration System and Internationalized Domain Name. Shorter was the primary author of EPP Reference Manual of Verisign. He is also a member of the Software Developers Consortium. .<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/18120874/SOI+Will+Shorter.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1310665048000 Expression of Interest from Will Shorter for the IDN Variant TLD Latin Case Study Team]</ref> | ||
==ICANN Involvement== | |||
Shorter is an active participant in the different activities of the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. He is a member of the [[Registries Stakeholder Group|RySG]] of the [[GNSO|Generic Names Supporting Organization]], member of the joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN (JIG) [[WG|Working Group]], Internationalized Registration Data (IRD) WG and IDN Guidelines Review Committee.<ref>[http://www.gtldregistries.org/about-us gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group]</ref> <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-guidelines-discussion-draft-clean-25jul11-en.pdf GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONALIZED DOMAIN NAMES, Draft Version 3.0]</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 22 December 2011
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'’’Will Shorter’’’ is the Senior Manager of Product Management for Verisign, the registry operator of .com, .net and .name generic top level domain names (gTLDs); .cc and .tv country code top level domain names (ccTLDs).
Education[edit | edit source]
Shorter studied at the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1994 to 1998. He is taking another two years of continuing education from the same college and expected to graduate in 2012.[1]
Career History[edit | edit source]
Shorter worked as a technical support staff at Network Solutions registrar business for a period of two years from 1999 to 2000. He joined Verisign in 2001 as Customer Service Supervisor. His job was primarily focused in providing technical integration and implementation support for IDN registrars under the .com and .net domain space. He also trained team members, developed knowledge base technical support documentation and managed DNS services. He was the team expert on Shared Registration System and Internationalized Domain Name. Shorter was the primary author of EPP Reference Manual of Verisign. He is also a member of the Software Developers Consortium. .[2]
ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]
Shorter is an active participant in the different activities of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. He is a member of the RySG of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, member of the joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN (JIG) Working Group, Internationalized Registration Data (IRD) WG and IDN Guidelines Review Committee.[3] [4]