Clyde Beattie
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| Country: | Canada |
| Email: | clyde[at]beattie.ca |
| LinkedIn: |  [Clyde Beattie Clyde Beattie]
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Clyde Beattie is a former Chairman of the Canadian ccTLD manager, CIRA. He assumed the role as Chair of the International Foundation For Online Responsibility (IFFOR), the sponsoring organization of the .xxx domain, in November, 2011. The outgoing Chairman, Stuart Lawley, was seen as compromising the independence of the organization given that he is also CEO of the .xxx registry, ICM Registry. Mr. Beattie was already a member of IFFOR's Board of Directors.[1]
Entrepreneurial Leadership [edit | edit source]
- Serial Entrepreneur, Investor and Leader for 30 years.
- Start-up Ventures in Retail, Wholesale, Industrial and Tech Internet sectors.
- Senior Management and Corporate Governance in Public, Private and Not-For-Profit sectors.
- Active Collaborator on International DNS Governance Policy development.
- Leadership roles as Investor, Senior Officer, Director and Board Chair in a variety of private and
- public sector SMEs and multi-stakeholder Not-For-Profit organizations.
- Mentor and Advisor to Entrepreneurs, Small Business, Not-For-Profits and Professionals.
Occupation & Experience[edit | edit source]
Pro bono Activities[edit | edit source]
- Represented CIRA at 12 global ICANN conferences 2004-2008
- Independantly participated in 2 global ICANN conferences 2010-2011
- Canadian Internet Registry Authority CIRA The .CA Top-Level Domain
- - Past-Chairman (ex-officio) 2007-2008
- - Chairman (elected annually) 2004-2006
- - Director (appointed by Gov't of Canada) 2001-2006
- Fanshawe College; School of Information Technology College
- - Advisory Committee Member 2010-cont.
- - Director (elected) 2000-2003
Current Business Interests[edit | edit source]
- Yorkland Investments Corp - Private investment and holding company
- - Principal, Director & CEO 1982–cont.
- Maglin Site Furniture Inc. - Commercial Site Furniture Manufacturer
- - Principal, Director & CEO 1995–cont.
- Antris Registry Corp. - Web registry application in development
- - Principal, Director & CEO 2010-con't
- (IFFOR) International Foundation For Online Responsibility
- - Chairman 2011- con't
Past Business Interests[edit | edit source]
- Aloak Inc. - Domain Registrar, Web Design & Hosting
- - Principal, President & CEO 2000-2005 successfully sold
- - Principal, President & CEO 1994-1999 successfully sold
Recognition[edit | edit source]
- Honored by Canada's Minister of Industry and CANARIE,
- Canada's Advanced Internet organization, for contribution to the founding and
- building of the dot-ca domain. 2001
- “There are few entrepreneurs like Clyde. He is a true visionary and has a