Elaine Pruis
Elaine Pruis is the Director 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.
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| Country: | USA |
| Email: | elaine [at] donuts.co |
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| LinkedIn: |  [elainepruis Elaine Pruis]
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| Twitter: |  @mmelaine
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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).