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Antony Van Couvering

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Antony Van Couvering is the CEO of Minds + Machines.[1] He has played an important role in Internet governance, playing a significant part in the early days of creation of the ccTLDs.

He also chaired the meeting in Singapore which gave birth to the DNSO (later the GNSO) of ICANN.[2] Along with Minds + Machines, Couvering is also the CEO of Top Level Domain Holdings, which is the parent company of Minds + Machines.[3]

Education[edit | edit source]

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

Career History[edit | edit source]

  • He has been working in the domain name industry since 1996[4]
  • He founded the company NetNames in 1997 and then sold it to NetBenefit.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • He sold NameEngine to Verisign in 2001 and then worked at Verisign till 2004.[7]
  • 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.[8]

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