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==Career at Afilias, 2001-2011==

==Career at Afilias, 2001-2011==

Greg was previously Director of Key Account Management and Domain Security at [[Afilias]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/greg-aaron/0/5/106 Linkedin.com]</ref>  He was part of the Afilias team that launched [[.info]] in 2001, and Greg managed .INFO from 2001-2005 and 2008-2011, handling Sunrises, registrar relations, and business and technical operations.  In 2003 Greg led the development of a new, flexible registry platform for Afilias and migrated a number of [[ccTLD]]s onto it, including [[.ag]], [[.gi]], [[.hn]], [[.la]], [[.sc]], and [[.vc]].  Greg advised the Government of India and registry operator [[NIXI]] regarding domain and related Internet policies from 2004-2008, and in 2004 led the re-launch of [[.in]], the ccTLD for India, on new systems with a set of liberalized policies.  The .in domain grew from 6,500 to more than 450,000 domains in short order, and Greg also led the creation of a test-bed for deploying [[IDN]]s in Indic languages. In 2006, Greg directed the service rollout for the [[.mobi]] TLD on behalf of Afilias' customer [[mTLD]].  After a smooth rollout, .mobi became the largest and most prominent domain from the last round of new TLDs. In 2008, Greg directed the highly successful introduction of [[.me]], the ccTLD for Montenegro, in a partersnhip between Afilias, [[GoDaddy]], and doMEn.  In 2011, Greg helped ICM Registry create the business requirements and launch plan for the .XXX registry.   

Greg was previously Director of Key Account Management and Domain Security at [[Afilias]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/greg-aaron/0/5/106 Linkedin.com]</ref>  He was part of the Afilias team that launched [[.info]] in 2001, and Greg managed .INFO from 2001-2005 and 2008-2011, handling Sunrises, creating product business requirements, and running business operations.  In 2003 Greg led the development of a new, flexible registry platform for Afilias and migrated a number of [[ccTLD]]s onto it, including [[.ag]], [[.gi]], [[.hn]], [[.la]], [[.sc]], and [[.vc]].  Greg advised the Government of India and registry operator [[NIXI]] regarding domain and related Internet policies from 2004-2008, and in 2004 led the re-launch of [[.in]], the ccTLD for India, on new systems with a set of liberalized policies.  The .in domain grew from 6,500 to more than 450,000 domains in short order, and Greg also led the creation of a test-bed for deploying [[IDN]]s in Indic languages. In 2006, Greg directed the service rollout for the [[.mobi]] TLD on behalf of Afilias' customer [[mTLD]].  After a smooth rollout, .mobi became the largest and most prominent domain from the last round of new TLDs. In 2008, Greg directed the highly successful introduction of [[.me]], the ccTLD for Montenegro, in a partership between Afilias, [[GoDaddy]], and doMEn.  In 2011, Greg helped ICM Registry create the business requirements and launch plan for the .XXX registry.   

==Security and Anti-abuse==

==Security and Anti-abuse==

Greg created and oversaw Afilias' highly successful security programs, designed to address abuses such as phishing, spam, malware, child pornography, and fast-flux.  He wrote the industry-leading .info Anti-Abuse Policy, which has been adapted in other TLDs, including [[.ORG]].  In 2010, Greg accepted an OTA Excellence in Online Trust Award for the program.

Greg created and oversaw Afilias' highly successful security programs, designed to address abuses such as phishing, spam, malware, child pornography, and fast-flux.  He wrote the industry-leading .info Anti-Abuse Policy, which has been adapted in other TLDs, including [[.ORG]].  In 2010, Greg accepted an OTA Excellence in Online Trust Award for the program.  In 2009, Afilias began providing anti-abuse service for [[.org]].

Greg continues to represent Afilias on the Steering Committee of the Anti-Phishing Working Group ([[APWG]]).  He is the co-author of the onging Global Phishing Survey series, which is the major source of phishing metrics and analysis.

Greg continues to represent Afilias on the Steering Committee of the Anti-Phishing Working Group ([[APWG]]).  He is the co-author of the onging Global Phishing Survey series, which is the major source of phishing metrics and analysis.