Elaine Pruis is the VP of Operations at Donuts, the largest applicant for new gTLDs.[1] She is well-known for her time at Minds + Machines, a company she co-founded with Antony Van Couvering, and where she held various executive roles, including Chief of Registry Operations, CTO, and Vice President of Client Services.[2] She left Minds + Machines for Donuts in March 2013, immediately prior to the scheduled approval of the first new gTLDs.

Country: USA
Email: elaine [at] mindsandmachines.com
Website:

   [pruis.tel pruis.tel]

LinkedIn:    [elainepruis Elaine Pruis]
Twitter:    @mmelaine

She is also an avid rock climber, and successfully climbed an 11.d in the summer of 2010.[3] Elaine is an ICANN veteran and has attended close to 20 conferences as of 2012.[4]

Education

She completed her B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1995. [5]

Career History

Prius is a Founder of Minds + Machines. She also has been a Liaison at Council of Country Code Administrators, CoCCA, since 2001.

In the past, Elaine Pruis has worked as a Field Representative at US Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999-2001);[6] and as a Research Manager at Bavendam Research Associates (1995-1997).

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