Craig Schwartz
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| Country: | USA |
| Email: | craig.schwartz[at]icann.org |
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Craig Schwartz served as Chief gTLD Registry Liaison of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers from August 2006 when he appointed by the ICANN Board until June 2011. His position entailed supervising the coordination of the technical role of ICANN to all gTLD Registries.[1] Schwartz left his position at ICANN and joined BITS, the technical division of Financial Services Roundtable as General Manager of the proposed .bank gTLD.[2]
Career History
From November 1996 to March 2006, Schwarts worked for Widmeyer Communications as Vice-President of Operations. From 1993 until 1996, prior to his position at Widmeyer, he served as Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Public Affairs & Development of the Youth for Understanding (YFU) International Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting global understanding through student exchange programs. From 1990 until 1993, he worked for Westinghouse Savannah River Company as Records Management Specialist and from 1987 until 1990, he serves as Business Analyst for Dunn and Bradstreet.[3]
Reaction to Schwartz Resignation from ICANN
During the 41st ICANN International public meeting in Singapore on June 2011, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom expressed his fears that the Internet governing body may lose highly qualified staffers due to the implementation of the new gTLD programs in 2012, as companies were tapping well-experienced individuals in the domain industry (including ICANN employees) to lead their new gTLD applications. The first ICANN staff member to resign was Schwarts, who had served ICANN for six years. This led the Internet community to call for the improvement and revisions of ICANN's ethics policies.[4] The Association of National Advertisers, Coalition for Online Accountability, International Trademark Association, American IP Law Association and the French government asked ICANN to revise its conflict of interest policy and suggested the implementation of a revolving-door prevention policy.[5]
Education
Schwartz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Maryland College Park.
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