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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 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/ About Minds + Machines]</ref> and an applicant for 92 gTLDs in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].<ref>[http://www.tldh.org/2012/06/gtld-application-update-92-applications-submitted/ gTLD application update: 92 applications submitted, tldh.org]</ref>
'''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 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/ About Minds + Machines]</ref> and an applicant for 92 gTLDs in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].<ref>[http://www.tldh.org/2012/06/gtld-application-update-92-applications-submitted/ gTLD application update: 92 applications submitted, tldh.org]</ref>


Van Couvering played a significant part in the early days of creation of [[ccTLD]]s and subsequent ccTLD governance issues under the ICANN structure. He also chaired the meeting in Singapore which gave birth to the [[DNSO]] (later the [[GNSO]]) of [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID profile]</ref>
Van Couvering played a significant part in the early days of the creation of [[ccTLD]]s and subsequent ccTLD governance issues under the ICANN structure. He also chaired the meeting in Singapore which gave birth to the [[DNSO]] (later the [[GNSO]]) of [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID profile]</ref>


In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Antony Van Couvering, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. John Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program, in response to the [[ICANN#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|Senate Hearings]] taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> The  letter can be found [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here].
In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Antony Van Couvering, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. John Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program, in response to the [[ICANN#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|Senate Hearings]] taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> The  letter can be found [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here].


== Career History ==
== Career History ==
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== Publications ==
== Publications ==
* This is the document he wrote as a proposal to modify the [[.us]] domain. [http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/VanCouvering.htm Read Online]
* This is the document he wrote as a proposal to modify the [[.us]] domain. [http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/VanCouvering.htm Read Online]
* While working at [[NameEngine]], he did a research about Value Protection Index. [http://www.namesatwork.com/wp-content/NameEngine500.pdf Read Online]
* While working at [[NameEngine]], he did research about Value Protection Index. [http://www.namesatwork.com/wp-content/NameEngine500.pdf Read Online]


==Videos==
==Videos==
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Revision as of 17:08, 19 May 2021
Affiliation: Minds + Machines
Country: USA
Website:

   [mindsandmachines.com/blog mindsandmachines.com/blog]

Facebook:    [antonyvc Antony Van Couvering]
Twitter:    @antonyvc
Currently a member
of ICANN's RySG


Currently a member
of ICANN's RrSG


Featured in the ICANN 51 - Los Angeles playing card deck

Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of Minds + Machines.[1] He is also the CEO of Top Level Domain Holdings, which is the parent company of Minds + Machines,[2] and an applicant for 92 gTLDs in ICANN's New gTLD Program.[3]

Van Couvering played a significant part in the early days of the creation of ccTLDs and subsequent ccTLD governance issues under the ICANN structure. He also chaired the meeting in Singapore which gave birth to the DNSO (later the GNSO) of ICANN.[4]

In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Antony Van Couvering, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. John Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support ICANN's new gTLD program, in response to the Senate Hearings taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.[5] The letter can be found here.

Career History[edit | edit source]

  • He has been working in the domain name industry since 1996[6]
  • He founded the company NetNames in 1997 and then sold it to NetBenefit.[7]
  • He founded the company NameEngine in 1999, working with clients such as 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.[8]
  • He sold NameEngine to Verisign in 2001 and then worked at Verisign till 2004.[9]
  • Antony has started and managed several ccTLDs, including .tm, .as, .bt, and .pw
  • Working under the direction of Jon Postel, he played a role in the reformation of the .us domain.
  • He was head of the Policy Advisory Body under the old gTLD-MoU.
  • He was the Chairman of the board of directors of DomainsBot.com.[10]

Education[edit | edit source]

Antony received a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia College in New York City.

Publications[edit | edit source]

Videos[edit | edit source]

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Van Couvering is interviewed by Gray Chynoweth at ICANN 42 in Dakar, Senegal, on the topic of what's next in the New gTLD Process.

References[edit | edit source]

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