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*He founded the company NetNames in 1997 and then sold it to NetBenefit.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref> | *He founded the company NetNames in 1997 and then sold it to NetBenefit.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref> | ||
*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.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref> | *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.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/1478/ Circle ID]</ref> | ||
*He sold NameEngine to [[VeriSign | *He sold NameEngine to [[VeriSign]] in 2001 and then worked at [[VeriSign]] for some time. | ||
*Antony has started and managed many [[country-code TLD]]s, which includes [[.TM]],[[.AS]],[[.BT]], and [[.PW]] | |||
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Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of MindsandMachines. He has played a very important role in the internet governance, having a significant part in the early days of creation of ccTLD.[1]
Career History
- He has been working in the domain name industry since 1996[2]
- He founded the company NetNames in 1997 and then sold it to NetBenefit.[3]
- 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.[4]
- He sold NameEngine to VeriSign in 2001 and then worked at VeriSign for some time.
- Antony has started and managed many country-code TLDs, which includes .TM,.AS,.BT, and .PW