Jennifer Gore
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| Organization: | ICANN | ||||||
| Affiliation: | ICANN | ||||||
| Region: | North America | ||||||
| Country: | USA | ||||||
| Email: | jennifer.gore [at] icann.org | ||||||
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| LinkedIn: |  Jennifer Gore
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| Twitter: |  @JennPGore
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Jennifer Gore is an industry veteran with over twenty-four years of information technology experience. She is one of the most historically involved females in the domain name and hosting industry and has participated in 60+ ICANN meetings over the course of the past twenty years. Currently, Ms. Gore is an independent senior consultant focusing on Information Technology & Internet Governance matters.
Career History edit
Most recently, Ms. Gore was the Director of Registrar Service and Engagement at ICANN. Prior to this position, she was the Senior Director of Policy and Domain Product Management at Web.com. As a long-time member of the ICANN community, Jennifer Gore has been involved in a number of supporting groups and constituencies, former Vice Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group and a GNSO Council Member[1].
Ms. Gore was responsible for developing the first commercial hosting solutions offering by Network Solutions, which was the original manager of the .com and other TLD registries. When Network Solutions was acquired by Verisign, Jennifer continued on through the acquisition and managed the Verisign Naming Services Channel Partners, which represented over 90% of worldwide registered domains. She has also been a principal general manager of the corporate brand domain management business within Verisign. Other experience in the IT industry includes time as a Senior Manager at UUNET, Nextel, MCI and Level 3 Communications.[2]
Fun Fact edit
Jennifer first started registering domains when a driver's license was required to fulfill the registration process.