Dirk Krischenowski

Country:	Germany
Email:	krischenowski [at] dotberlin.de
Website:	[krischenowski.de krischenowski.de]
LinkedIn:	[LinkedIn profile XING Profile Dirk Krischenowski]
Twitter:	@krischenowski

Dirk Krischenowski is the founder, partner, and CEO of dotBerlin, Partner at HOTEL Top-Level-Domain GmbH and Founder and Partner at DOTZON.

Career History

Dirk started his career in various marketing and sales positions, leading national and international pharmaceutical companies. Apart from his marketing duties, he focused on developing global e-business solutions and developing business models for health portals while working for leading European media companies like Bertelsmann. He was also a member of the European Commission e-Business W@tch Advisory Board. He is a frequent speaker at e-Business and domain strategy conferences and teaches on a regular basis about virtual communities at the Institute of Electronic Business in Berlin (IEB).

TLD initatives

dotBerlin

In 2000, Dirk started working on the idea of a top level domain for the community of Berlin, .berlin, and in 2005 he founded dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG with Alexander Schubert.

In 2009, together with the top-level domain initiatives of the City of Paris, the City of Barcelona and initiatives in New York and Hamburg, Dirk founded the cityTLD Interest Group, which aims to become a registered interest group at international forums and city organizations such as Metropolis, UCLG and ICANN. cityTLD initiatives from Rome, Cologne, London, Tokyo and Seoul have joined the group.

Given that ICANN has yet to create and allocate .berlin as an extension, Mr. Krischenowski's company does not have assurance that they will indeed become the managers of that particular space; this is further emphasized given that Minds + Machines has apparrently started its own initiative, challenging not only .berlin, but other proposed new gTLDs like .gay.

DOTZON

Mr. Krischenowski's interest in new gTLDs, and his expertise in the development process thus far, led him to found DOTZON. The company consults other individuals and companies regarding the new gTLD process, and helps them to brand themselves, build a strategy, and prepare for the application. They are also offer to help with the actual launch and operation of the TLD, and ensure that all ICANN requirements are met. Dirk notes the importance of these services given that, ""Applicants may find they only get one shot at applying for a new TLD though, as TLD strings will be distributed on a first come, first served basis".

Industry Participation

Dirk is involved with Germany's chapter of ISOC; he was elected to its board of trustees in 2010. He is involved in a variety of German and international IT organizations, a full list can be found at his website. He attends meetings such as those associated with ICANN, Domain Pulse, and others.

Education

He has a master of science in biochemistry and BA in business administration from Technische Universität in Berlin.

Top-Level Domain