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'''Jean-Christophe Vignes''' is the Founder, Member of the Board, and former CEO of [[OpenRegistry]]. He currently serves as Senior Counsel for the domain name practice at French law firm Caprioli & Associés.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9743-vignes-out-as-ceo-of-openregistry Vignes out as CEO of OpenRegistry, domainincite.com]</ref>
'''J.C. Vignes''' is the Director of Domain Operations at [[NCC Group]] where he oversees the Registry and Registrar aspects of the [[.trust]] extension.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14540-vignes-joins-artemis]</ref>
Prior to joining NCC Group, he was CEO of [[OpenRegistry]] which he co-founded.
He is a lawyer by training and serves as a Legal Advisor at eBrand Services. He is also an arbitrator within the Czech Arbitration Court.<ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=43 domainermeeting]</ref>
He was also Vice-Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group at [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.icannregistrars.org/about/staff.php icannregistrars.org]</ref> while acting as EVP & General Counsel of leading European Registrars [[EuroDNS]] and [[eBrand Services]]
A lawyer by training, he represented several new gTLD [[Applicants]] as Senior Counsel at French law firm Caprioli & Partners <ref> [http://www.caprioli-avocats.com/]</ref>. He is also an arbitrator within the Czech Arbitration Court.<ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=43 domainermeeting]</ref>
Mr. Vignes was part of the organizational team for [[ICANN Paris]].<ref>[http://dnjournal.com/events/2008/domainer-meeting-preview.htm Domainer Meeting Preview DNJournal.com]</ref>
Mr. Vignes was part of the organizational team for [[ICANN Paris]].<ref>[http://dnjournal.com/events/2008/domainer-meeting-preview.htm Domainer Meeting Preview DNJournal.com]</ref>
==Career History ==
==Career History ==
*Director of Domain Operations of [[NCC Group]]
*Senior Counsel and Head of Domain Name Practice - [[Caprioli & Partners]]
*CEO and co-founder of [[OpenRegistry]]
*Executive Vice-President & General Counsel of [[EuroDNS]].
*Executive Vice-President & General Counsel of [[EuroDNS]].
*Board Member, [[ISOC]] France Legal Working Group.
*Board Member, [[ISOC]] France Legal Working Group.
==Education ==
==Education ==
Vignes completed his law education from Paris Assas and McGill University.<ref>[http://www.openregistry.com/jean-christophe-vignes-appointed-ceo-openregistry openregistry.com]</ref>
Vignes completed his law education from Paris Assas and McGill University.<ref>[http://www.openregistry.com/jean-christophe-vignes-appointed-ceo-openregistry openregistry.com]</ref>
[[Gray Chynoweth]] interviews JC at [[ICANN 41]] in Singapore about the new TLD announcement made by the Board.
[[Gray Chynoweth]] interviews JC at [[ICANN 41]] in Singapore about the new TLD announcement made by the Board.
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