Adrian Kinderis
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Adrian Kinderis is the founder and CEO of the AusRegistry Group of companies, which notably includes AusRegistry Pty Ltd, and ARI Registry Services Pty Ltd.[1] He currently sits on ICANN's GNSO council.
ICANN
He was elected representative by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to the GNSO Council in 2007. His term expires in the end of the annual meeting of 2011.[2] This has been an extremely important tenure with relations to the new gTLD program, and Adrian was involved in such important events as writing the document, 'Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains Document (11 September 2007)'.[3] His many blog posts and interviews regarding ICANN show him celebrating the organizations achievements, and critically engaging its shortcomings and missteps; he is an incredibly active member of the community as has attended over 28 ICANN meetings over the past ten years. [4]
Mr. Kinderis was invited to make a presentation on new gTLDs at the 2009 ICANN meeting in Sydney.[5]
An interesting Sky News interview wherein Adrian discusses the 2 millionth .au registration, ICANN, Bill Clinton, .xxx, DNSSEC, and a host of other industry issues can be seen here.
Other Industry Conferences
Adrian regularly presents addresses at industry conferences on topics such as: Registry Operations, Registry Best Practice, Domain Name Management, Registry-Registrar models and Marketing TLDs.[6] He was a panelist at the first and second .nxt Conference, and a presenter at the 2010 V21 conference.[7][8]
His presentation on choosing a registry services provider at a 2008 APTLD meeting held in Kuala Lumpur can be seen here.
Personal Life
Adrian is married to Jennifer, and lives in Melbourne, Australia. His interests include fast cars, and his favorite football club - the North Melbourne Kangaroos.[9] He also enjoys American football, and cheers for the Dallas Cowboys.[10]
Videos
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Gray Chynoweth interviews Adrian at ICANN 41 in Singapore about the potential of new TLDs.