Joel Disini
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| Country: | Philippines |
| Email: | jed [at] email.com.ph |
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| Facebook: |  [Joel Disini Joel Disini]
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| Twitter: |  @joeldisini
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Joel Disini is the CEO of DotPH, the Domain Registry for the Philippines.[1]
Mr. Disini is a member of the Tau Beta PI Honor Society/Caltech, and of Mensa. He attended the Philippine Science High School and has a BS Electrical Engineering(1984) from the California Institute of Technology.[2]
Joel Disini previously involved in Silicon Valley in different networking and communications related Fields.[3] He worked for five years in the late 80s writing Macintosh Software for Tri-Data Systems in Sunnyvale, CA. After 9 years in the US, he came to the Philippines in 1989.[4]
In 1990, he formed the Philippines' first Internet Service Provider. His product - The Netway 1000 SNA/Bisyn Gateway - was named MacUser Editor's Choice for best Networking and Communications Product (1988). He is selected as one of "The Internet's 10 Most Influential Filipinos" by The Web Philippines.[5]
His continued hold on the DotPH Domain Registry is a contentious issue that does not seem to end has caused a lot of controversies. Accusations of unfair pricing on .ph domain names and abuses in administering the Philippine country code top level domain has been thrown recently to Joel and his company to the Department of Trade and Industry. ICANN has also expressed concern regarding the current situation of DotPH domain names.[6]