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− | '''Clyde Beattie''' is CEO of a number of companies, and has investments and leadership roles in a number of other organizations. He is CEO of The Yorkland Group, a capital and management focused business; was Founder and CEO of [http://www.aloak.ca Aloak] Inc. - Domain Registrar, Web Design & Hosting; and Founder and CEO of [http://www.execulink.com Execulink Internet Services], a Canadian ISP. | + | '''Clyde Beattie''' is CEO of a number of companies, and has investments and leadership roles in a number of other organizations. He is Founder and CEO of [http://www.antris.com Antris], a web and mobile app for adventurers and lone worker trip plan monitoring and security management; CEO of The Yorkland Group, a capital and management focused business and Chairman of [http://www.maglin.com Maglin],a commercial site furniture designer and manufacturer. |
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− | Mr. Beattie is also former Chairman of the Canadian [[ccTLD]] manager, [[CIRA]]. He assumed the role as Chair of the [[International Foundation For Online Responsibility]] (IFFOR), the policy making sponsoring organization of the [[.xxx]] domain, in November, 2011. The outgoing Chairman, [[Stuart Lawley]], was seen as compromising the independence of the organization given that he is also CEO of the .xxx [[registry]], [[ICM Registry]]. Mr. Beattie was already a member of IFFOR's Board of Directors.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/lawley-quits-as-xxx-sponsor-chairman/ Lawley Quits as XXX Sponsor Chairman, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
| + | Beattie previously founded and was CEO of [http://www.aloak.ca Aloak] a Domain Registrar, Web Design & Hosting; and Founder and CEO of [http://www.execulink.com Execulink] a Canadian ISP. |
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| In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Clyde Beattie, 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]. | | In a letter dated December 8th, 2011, Clyde Beattie, 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]. |
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| ==== '''Current Business Interests'''==== | | ==== '''Current Business Interests'''==== |
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| + | * [http://www.antris.com Antris] - Web & Mobile app for personal and enterprise trip plans and security |
| + | :- Founder & CEO 2012-con't |
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| * Yorkland Investments Management Corp - Private investment and holding company | | * Yorkland Investments Management Corp - Private investment and holding company |
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| :- Principal, Director & CEO 1995–cont. | | :- Principal, Director & CEO 1995–cont. |
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− | * Antris Registry Corp. - Web registry application in development
| + | ==== '''Past Business Interests''' ==== |
− | :- Founder & CEO 2010-con't
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| * [[International Foundation For Online Responsibility]] (IFFOR) | | * [[International Foundation For Online Responsibility]] (IFFOR) |
− | :- Chairman 2011- con't | + | :- Chairman 2011- 2014 |
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| *[http://www.aloak.ca Aloak] Inc. - Domain Registrar, Web Design & Hosting | | *[http://www.aloak.ca Aloak] Inc. - Domain Registrar, Web Design & Hosting |