Kurt Pritz
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| Email: | kurt.pritz [at] icann.org |
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Kurt Pritz is a practicing attorney and the Senior Vice President of Stakeholder Relations at ICANN, where he oversees the growth of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model, as well as ICANN's key stakeholder relationships. He is also overseeing the implementation of the New gTLD Program.[1] His high-profile work includes representing ICANN at judicial and legal hearings in Washington, D.C..[2]
Prior to joining ICANN, Pritz was the Vice President of Production at Walt Disney Imagineering, where he directed the manufacturing and engineering of theme park shows worldwide. He has also worked as a plant manager for the Eaton Corporation.[3]
He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Physics, an M.B.A. and a J.D.[4]
Roles within ICANN[edit | edit source]
Kurt was appointed as a Vice President of ICANN in September 2003. He was promoted as Senior Vice President for Stakeholder Relations on December 2006.[5]
As VP for Stakeholder Relations, Kurt serves as spokesperson of the internet body on different issues particularly the ICANN new gTLD program.
In December, 2011, it was announced that Kurt Pritz would be a witness in a U.S. Senate Hearing on ICANN's new gTLD Program. The appearance is a defensive one for Mr. Pritz, as the hearing was likely scheduled due to the intense lobbying of the Association of National Advertisers, and its anti-TLD off-shoot, CRIDO. He is to be the most-senior ICANN staff member at the December 8th hearing.[6] It was not the first time that he was called to such a hearing, he attended at least one similar House hearing earlier that year.[7]