Dirk Krischenowski
Dirk Krischenowski is the founder and CEO of dotBerlin, Partner at HOTEL Top-Level-Domain GmbH and Founder and Partner at DOTZON.[1]
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| Country: | Germany |
| Email: | krischenowski [at] dotberlin.de |
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| LinkedIn: |  [krischenowski Dirk Krischenowski]
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| Twitter: |  @krischenowski
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Education
He has a master of science in biochemistry and BA in business administration from Technische Universität in Berlin.[2]
Career History
Dirk started his career in various marketing and sales positions at leading national and international pharmaceutical companies. Apart from his marketing duties, he focused on developing global e-business solutions and developing business models for health portals while working for leading European media companies like Bertelsmann.[3] He was also a member of the European Commission e-Business W@tch Advisory Board. He is a frequent speaker at e-Business and domain strategy conferences and teaches on a regular basis about virtual communities at the Institute of Electronic Business in Berlin (IEB), which belongs to the University of the Arts.
In 2000, Dirk started working on the idea of a top level domain (.berlin) for the community of Berlin, and in 2005 founded dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG with Alexander Schubert.[4] He spearheaded the company as CEO with a clear focus on strategic issues dealing with the launch of .berlin in late 2008. [5]
In 2009, together with the top-level domain initiatives of the City of Paris, the City of Barcelona and initiatives in New York and Hamburg, Dirk founded the City Top-Level Domain Interest Group, which aims to become a registered interest group at international forums and city organizations such as Metropolis, UCLG and ICANN. Recently cityTLD initiatives from Rome, Cologne, London, Tokyo and Seoul joined the group.[6]