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==Past Experience== | ==Past Experience== | ||
She served as the CEO of .ORG the [[PIR|Public Interest Registry]] from July 2007 to September 24th 2010. She has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications, payment, and Internet sectors, including 10 years in the domain names industry. She engineered [[.org]]'s brand re-positioning and growth, both in revenues and in market share, from 6 million in registrations to over 8 million, and from $35 million to $54 million from 2007 to 2010 respectively. During her tenure, [[PIR]] was named a FUTURE 50 company, a recognition reserved for the 50 fastest growing companies in the Greater Washington Area.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/about/alexaraad PIR.org]</ref> Ms. Raad also led important [[DNSSEC]] implementation efforts.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/alexa-raad-resigns-as-president-and-ceo-of-.org/public-interest-registry.html DomainNews.com]</ref> | She served as the CEO of .ORG the [[PIR|Public Interest Registry]] from July 2007 to September 24th 2010. She has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications, payment, and Internet sectors, including 10 years in the domain names industry. She engineered [[.org]]'s brand re-positioning and growth, both in revenues and in market share, from 6 million in registrations to over 8 million, and from $35 million to $54 million from 2007 to 2010 respectively. During her tenure, [[PIR]] was named a FUTURE 50 company, a recognition reserved for the 50 fastest growing companies in the Greater Washington Area.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/about/alexaraad PIR.org]</ref> Ms. Raad also led important [[DNSSEC]] implementation efforts.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/alexa-raad-resigns-as-president-and-ceo-of-.org/public-interest-registry.html DomainNews.com]</ref> | ||
While working with PIR, Alexa coordinated with her counterparts at [[Afilias]] and [[Neustar]] and the [[Registry Consituency]] to advise and respond to moves by [[ICANN]] to open up the new [[gTLD]] implementation process and the vertical separation of registry and registrar functions.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/lubsen-to-dengate-thrush-12oct09-en.pdf ICANN- Raad letter to Dengate-Thrush]</ref><ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/raad-to-dengate-thrush-09sep09-en.pdf ICANN- Letter from Raad to Dengate-Trush 2]</ref> | |||
Prior to PIR, Alexa co-founded [[dotmobi]], a [[TLD|top-level domain]] for the mobile market. She also founded the [[DNSSEC Industry Coalition]] and the [[RISG|Registration Infrastructure Security Group]], both international industry groups focused on innovative approaches to resolving security issues on the Internet.<ref>[http://alexaraad.com/ AlexaRaad.com]</ref> | Prior to PIR, Alexa co-founded [[dotmobi]], a [[TLD|top-level domain]] for the mobile market. She also founded the [[DNSSEC Industry Coalition]] and the [[RISG|Registration Infrastructure Security Group]], both international industry groups focused on innovative approaches to resolving security issues on the Internet.<ref>[http://alexaraad.com/ AlexaRaad.com]</ref> | ||
Alexa has also previously worked at [[VeriSign]].<ref>[http://www.pir.org/node/388 PIR.org]</ref> | Alexa has also previously worked at [[VeriSign]].<ref>[http://www.pir.org/node/388 PIR.org]</ref> | ||
==Industry Participation== | |||
Alexa was a panelist at [[ISOC]]-San Francisco's [[.nxt Conference]].<ref>[http://dot-nxt.com/agenda/wed/reality-check]</ref> | |||
==Recognition & Awards== | ==Recognition & Awards== | ||
* Smart100 CEO in the Greater Washington Area, 2008 & 2009. | * Smart100 CEO in the Greater Washington Area, 2008 & 2009. | ||
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Alexa Raad is the founder and CEO of Architelos, a strategy and marketing consultancy that focuses on growth, brand and positioning, and business development for clients within the Internet and DNS sectors.[1] Alexa has the unique distinction of having launched a new gTLD (.mobi) successfully, as well as having guided an incumbent gTLD (.org) to beating the market growth rates.
Past Experience
She served as the CEO of .ORG the Public Interest Registry from July 2007 to September 24th 2010. She has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications, payment, and Internet sectors, including 10 years in the domain names industry. She engineered .org's brand re-positioning and growth, both in revenues and in market share, from 6 million in registrations to over 8 million, and from $35 million to $54 million from 2007 to 2010 respectively. During her tenure, PIR was named a FUTURE 50 company, a recognition reserved for the 50 fastest growing companies in the Greater Washington Area.[2] Ms. Raad also led important DNSSEC implementation efforts.[3]
While working with PIR, Alexa coordinated with her counterparts at Afilias and Neustar and the Registry Consituency to advise and respond to moves by ICANN to open up the new gTLD implementation process and the vertical separation of registry and registrar functions.[4][5]
Prior to PIR, Alexa co-founded dotmobi, a top-level domain for the mobile market. She also founded the DNSSEC Industry Coalition and the Registration Infrastructure Security Group, both international industry groups focused on innovative approaches to resolving security issues on the Internet.[6]
Alexa has also previously worked at VeriSign.[7]
Industry Participation
Alexa was a panelist at ISOC-San Francisco's .nxt Conference.[8]
Recognition & Awards
- Smart100 CEO in the Greater Washington Area, 2008 & 2009.
- Washington Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” award, 2008.
- Non-Profit PR Awards, 2009.
- Gold MarCom Awards for the Rollout of DNSSEC, 2009.
- VIP women of the year, National Association of Professional Women, 2009.
- BRAVA award, 2010.[9]
- "Top 100 Women of the Year", National Association of Professional Women, 2010.[10]
Education
George Washington University, M.S.S, Information Systems, 1997 – 1998.
George Washington University, M.B.A, International Business, 1990 – 1993.
University of Maryland, B.S., Marketing, 1983 – 1987.[11]
Memberships
She is currently a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the National Association of Corporate Directors, VISTAGE, GWU Luther Rice Society, Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), and the Economic Club of Washington.[12] She is the current chair of RISG.[13]
Alexa is a regular blog contributor with CircleID.[14]