Pat Kane
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| Country: | USA |
| Email: | pkane [at] verisign.com |
| LinkedIn: |  [Patrick Kane Pat Kane]
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Patrick Kane is the Senior vice-President and General Manager of Naming Services at VeriSign, where he has worked since 1999.[1]
VeriSign[edit | edit source]
Pat Kane is responsible for the operational management, and relevant policy development for all TLDs operated by VeriSign under contract with ICANN; which include .com, .net, .name, .jobs, and .edu.
He has worked extensively around the development and deployment of IDNs, both within VeriSign and in external organizations like ICANN.[2]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Pat Kane has been working on the implementation of DNSSEC; VeriSign has been tackling the security measures gradually as it is weary of disrupting any functioning for the large .com domains for which it is responsible.[3] While Verisign has been involved with DNSSEC development for some 15 years, the final implementation of the newest protocols has been mainly achieved since 2009, under Pat Kane's supervision.[4]
Community Participation[edit | edit source]
Mr. Kane is a member of ICANN's Presidential Advisory Board on IDNs, and is also involved in the GNSO's IDN Guidelines Review Committee.[5] Pat participated in VeriSign's February, 2011, celebration of 15 years of the commercial Internet in New Delhi, India.[6] He is a frequent particpant at ICANN's meetings.[7][8]
Prior Work[edit | edit source]
- Senior Principal, American Management Systems
- Engagement Manager, State & Local Governments
- Account Manager, Electronic Data Systems
- Systems Engineering Manager, Various Companies[9]