Juan Diego Calle
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| Country: | USA |
| LinkedIn: |  [juan-diego-calle Juan Diego Calle]
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| Twitter: |  @juandiegocalle
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Juan Diego Calle is the founder and CEO of .co Internet.[1]
Work with .co Internet edit
Juan Diego Calle became involved with .co in 2006; at that point it was still undergoing governmental processes examining the possibility of liberalizing Colombia's ccTLD, .co, so it could be registered by the international public as an Open ccTLD. In 2009, Juan and the newly created partnership with Neustar, .co Internet S.A.S, presented a 1,650 page bid to the Colombian government to operate the ccTLD. In August of that year they were awarded a 10 year contract to act as the registry administrator, beating out big players such as VeriSign.[2] There bid was seriously helped by Mr. Calle's strong ties to his native country, Colombia.[3]
Juan became aware of the possible liberalization of the .co ccTLD from a friend; and given that Juan was working as a domainer at that time, he understood that .com was a limited resource, and that the Internet community needed another strong location to grow into.[4]
Awards edit
Juan was named the "Technology Executive of the Year" at the 2011 Technology Leaders of the Year Awards, by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.[5]
Industry Participation edit
Career History edit
Juan Diego Calle is the President at Straat Investments, LLC.[6] Through Straat Investments, Juan has invested in projects related to domains, such as ParisHotels.com , NewYorkHotels.com and LondonHotels.com.[7]
Previously, Juan was the CEO and Co-Founder of TeRespondo.com. TeRespondo.com was sold to Yahoo! Inc. in 2005.[8]
Juan was a speaker at the opening ceremony of ICANN 39, which was hosted by Colombia.[9]
Juan was a key note speaker at the .nxt conference held in 2011.[10]
Juan was born in Bogota, Colombia but has lived most of his life in USA.
Interviews edit
- The Juan Diego Calle Story: How the .CO CEO is Turning a Seldom Used ccTLD Into a Booming Global Brand[11]
- This Week in Startups-Juan Diego Calle of .CO[12]
- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About .CO[13]
- How to Become an Internet Land Baron (An overview of Calle on the Huffington Post)[14]