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'''Bill Mushkin''' is the CEO of [[Name.com]], an [[ICANN]]-accredited domain registrar and web hosting company.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-mushkin/2/5ba/210 Linkedin]</ref>He is also the founder and former president of Mushkin Inc.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mushkin+Inc.+Enters+Into+E-store+Agreement+with+TechWave.-a054125705 The Free Library]</ref>

In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Bill Mushkin, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry representatives, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program, in response to the [[ICANN#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|Senate Hearings]] taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and noted that the program took a diverse group of international stakeholders years to develop.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> The  letter can be found [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here].

Bill Mushkin is Photography Institute Fellow at NYU and holds a Bachelors in Philosophy and MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=277 Domainer Meeting]</ref>  

In 1994, Mushkin founded Mushkin, Inc., which supplies various computer parts and other products. He sold the company in 2000 to Ramtron International.<ref>[http://miimr.com/10442480-Mushkin miimr.com]</ref> Bill bought Spot Domain LLC ([[Domainsite.com]]) in 2002. In 2003, he founded [[Name.com]].<ref>[http://namemedia.com/news/news-releases/name-com-is-latest-top-registrar-joining-afternics-domain-listing-service/ Name Media]</ref>

 

Billis Photography Institute Fellow at NYU and holds a Bachelors in Philosophy and MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=277 Domainer Meeting]</ref>  

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