Simon Cousins
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| Country: | USA | ||
| Email: | simon [at] allegravita.com | ||
| LinkedIn: |  [Simon Cousins Simon Cousins]
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| Twitter: |  @illuminantceo
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Simon Cousins (夏明) is the CMO of TLD Registry Ltd., as well as a co-founder and Group Chief Executive at both Illuminant Partners and Allegravita LLC. [1]
As the CMO of the domain name registry, TLD Registry Ltd, he is responsible for the branding, marketing, and communications for the registry's Dot Chinese Online (.在线) & Dot Chinese Website (.中文网). Part of this responsibility includes serving as the creative director.
As the co-founder at Illuminant Partners (currently rebranded as Allegravita LLC), he also serves as the creative director for this boutique PR and strategic communications agency located in New York City, Beijing, and Hong Kong. .
Simon has been a C-level leader in marketing communications, policy and technology enterprises for 23 years. Since then he has been the winner of numerous honors and awards including, 2005 AustCham Beijing Chairman's Award for Most Effective Australian Business Leader, 2005 AustCham Beijing Chairman's Award for Most Effective Australian Business Leader,AustCham Australian Business Awards 2008 "Most Entrepreneurial Business in China and Hong Kong", and 2009 Advertising Age "Top 25 China Experts". [2]
Simon has attended multiple ICANN Meetings and has a keen interest and expertise in Chinese IDNs.[1]
Speeches
During 2014's World Domain Day in Hyderabad, India, Cousins gave an hour long masterclass on how to invest in Chinese domain names without knowing a word of Chinese.[3]
Interviews
On May 12, 2014 in an DomainSherpa interview with Michael Cyger, Cousins discussed investing in China's new domain names.[4]
On Domain Name Wire's November 10, 2014 podcast, Cousins spoke with Andrew Allemann about China's domain name market.[5]
Video Interview
Ray King interviewed Simon during ICANN 49 as part of the Dyn video blog produced with ICANNWiki.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ICANNWiki - ICANN 49 Intake Form, March 2014
- ↑ www.linkedin.com/in/simoncousins
- ↑ http://worlddomainday.com/speakers/simon-cousins/
- ↑ http://www.domainsherpa.com/simon-cousins-tldregistry-interview/
- ↑ http://domainnamewire.com/2014/11/10/chinas-domain-name-market-with-simon-cousins-dnw-podcast-6/
- ↑ Special Updates from ICANN Meeting in Singapore, CircleID Retrieved 06 May 2014