Elaine Pruis
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| Country: | USA | ||
| Email: | elaine [at] donuts.co | ||
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| LinkedIn: |  Elaine Pruis
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| Twitter: |  @mmelaine
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Elaine Pruis is the Director of Operations at Donuts, the largest applicant for new gTLDs.[1] She is well-known for her time at Minds + Machines, a company she co-founded with Antony Van Couvering, and where she held various executive roles, including Chief of Registry Operations, CTO, and Vice President of Client Services.[2] She left Minds + Machines for Donuts in March 2013, immediately prior to the scheduled approval of the first new gTLDs.
She is also an avid rock climber, and successfully climbed an 11.d in the summer of 2010.[3] Elaine is an ICANN veteran and has attended close to 20 conferences as of 2012.[4]
Education
She completed her B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1995. [5]
Career History
Prius is a Founder of Minds + Machines. She also has been a Liaison at Council of Country Code Administrators, CoCCA, since 2001.
In the past, Elaine Pruis has worked as a Field Representative at US Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999-2001);[6] and as a Research Manager at Bavendam Research Associates (1995-1997).