Greg Aaron
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| Country: | USA |
| Email: | gaaron [at] afilias.info |
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Greg is Director, Key Account Management and Domain Security at Afilias [1]. He manages registry services for the .INFO top-level domain, and oversees Afilias' security programs, designed to address domain name abuses such as phishing, spam, malware, and fast-flux. He is also an expert on Sunrises, domain name intellectual property issues, and Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).
Career at Afilias edit
Greg was part of the Afilias team that launched .INFO in 2001 and transitioned .ORG to PIR in 2003. Greg then led the development of a new, flexible registry platform for Afilias and migrated a number of ccTLDs onto it, including .AG, .GI, .HN, .LA, .SC, and .VC. The system then became the registry platform that Afilias uses today to support all of its TLDs.
In 2006, Greg directed the service rollout for the .MOBI TLD on behalf of Afilias' customer mTLD. After a smooth rollout, .MOBI has become the largest and most prominent domain from the last round of new TLDs. In 2008, Greg directed the highly successful introduction of .ME, the new TLD of Montenegro.
Greg also represents Afilias on the Steering Committee of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). His recent white papers for the APWG have been well-received, major examinations of how domain names are used for phishing.
Other Contributions edit
Greg is the chair of ICANN's Registration Abuse Policy Working Group (RAPWG). He is a founding member of the Registry Internet Safety Group (RISG), a global group of responsible Internet companies that works collaboratively to combat Internet identity theft, and serves as RISG's Secretary. He is also an active member of ICANN's Fast-Flux Working Group.
In 2004, Greg led the re-launch of .IN, the ccTLD of India, on new systems and a set of liberalized policies; the .IN domain then grew from 6,500 to more than 450,000 domains. Greg advised the Government of India and registry operator NIXI regarding domain and related Internet policies from 2004-2008, and led the creation of a test-bed for deploying IDNs in Indic languages.
He is a member of the W3C's Internationalization Core Working Group and sat on the steering committee of the W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group.
Previously he worked at Internet companies such as Travelocity and CitySearch, and in 1997 became one of the first bloggers to cover Silicon Valley.