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http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Rod_Beckstrom

Rod Beckstrom is the President and CEO of ICANN and an Advisor at Uniloc. He serves on the boards of the Environmental Defense Fund, named by Fortune Magazine as one of the seven most powerful boards in the world, and the Jamii Bora Trust, an African micro-lending group. Beckstrom is also a writer, and has co-authored four books, including the best-seller The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, which provides a model for analyzing organizations, leadership styles, and competitive strategy. The Starfish and the Spider has been translated into 16 languages. On August 16, 2011, Rod announced via Twitter that he would be resigning from his position as President and CEO of ICANN in July 2012. ICANN quickly confirmed the news with an official press release that highlighted his past two years with the organization. He first took up the post in July, 2009....read more

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Dynamic Network Services, Inc., established in 1998 by a team of young technologists, is a company offering web hosting services and sophisticated web technology solutions. It is an IaaS and DNS services manager; they provide two different DNS platforms, one for individuals and small businesses, and the other for larger corporations. They claim to be the world's fastest growing provider of managed DNS. In June, 2009, it became the first managed DNS provider to offer its Dynect Platform clients DNSSEC. ...read more

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-'''Kieren McCarthy''' is CEO of .Nxt, Inc. -- a company that supplies information and analysis on Internet policy and governance issues. Kieren is a journalist by profession, specializing in the Internet and domain names, and has written for, among others, The Register, The Times, and The Guardian. He maintains a blog at KierenMcCarthy.com. Kieren was appointed ICANN's General Manager of Public Participation in January, 2007 and left in November, 2009. In 2011, he established the [[.nxt Conference]] to create a more positive dialogue around the issue of new Internet extensions - new gTLDs. Shortly thereafter, he created the company [[.Nxt, Inc.]], which is dedicated to supporting the multi-stakeholder model by providing timely and helpful information on Internet policy and governance, covering organization such as [[ICANN]], [[IGF]], [[ITU]], [[OECD]] and others.
+'''Rod Beckstrom''' is the President and CEO of [[ICANN]] and an Advisor at Uniloc. He serves on the boards of the Environmental Defense Fund, named by Fortune Magazine as one of the seven most powerful boards in the world, and the Jamii Bora Trust, an African micro-lending group. Beckstrom is also a writer, and has co-authored four books, including the best-seller ''The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations,'' which provides a model for analyzing organizations, leadership styles, and competitive strategy. ''The Starfish and the Spider'' has been translated into 16 languages. On August 16, 2011, Rod announced via Twitter that he would be resigning from his position as President and CEO of ICANN in July 2012. ICANN quickly confirmed the news with an official press release that highlighted his past two years with the organization. He first took up the post in July, 2009....[[Rod Beckstrom|read more]]
-A second .Nxt conference is set for 24-26 August 2011 in San Francisco...[[Kieren McCarthy|read more]]
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