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'''Juan Diego Calle''' is the founder and CEO of [[.co Internet]].<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/registry/the-team .coInternet]</ref> He was born in Bogota, Colombia but has lived most of his life in the USA.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=326934&authType=name&authToken=2x5j&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref>

'''Juan Diego Calle''' is the founder and CEO of [[.co Internet]], he is also the Founder and Chairman of its holding company, [[STRAAT Investments]].<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/registry/the-team .coInternet]</ref> He was born in Bogota, Colombia but has lived most of his life in the USA.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=326934&authType=name&authToken=2x5j&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref>

==Work with .co Internet==

==Work with .co Internet==

Juan Diego Calle became involved with [[.co]] in 2006; at that point there were ongoing governmental processes examining the possibility of liberalizing Colombia's [[ccTLD]], .co, so it could be registered by the international public as an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLDs|Open ccTLD]]. He became aware of the possible liberalization of the .co ccTLD from a friend; and given that he was working as a [[domainer]] at that time, he understood that [[.com]] was a limited resource, and that the Internet community needed another strong location to grow into.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2010/november-december.htm DNJournal]</ref> In 2009, he and the newly created partnership with [[Neustar]], [[.co Internet|.co Internet S.A.S]], presented a 1,650 page bid to the Colombian government to operate the [[ccTLD]]. In August of that year they were awarded a 10 year contract to act as the registry administrator, beating out big players such as [[Verisign]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shane-snow/how-to-become-an-internet_b_705175.html HuffingtonPost]</ref> There bid was seriously helped by his strong ties to his native country, Colombia.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2010/05/16/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-co-our-exclusive-interview-with-the-ceo-juan-calle/ The Domains.com]</ref>  

Juan Diego Calle became involved with [[.co]] in 2006; at that point there were ongoing governmental processes examining the possibility of liberalizing Colombia's [[ccTLD]], .co, so it could be registered by the international public as an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLDs|Open ccTLD]]. He became aware of the possible liberalization of the .co ccTLD from a friend; and given that he was working as a [[domainer]] at that time, he understood that [[.com]] was a limited resource, and that the Internet community needed another strong location to grow into.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2010/november-december.htm DNJournal]</ref> In 2009, he and the newly created partnership with [[Neustar]], [[.co Internet|.co Internet S.A.S]], presented a 1,650 page bid to the Colombian government to operate the [[ccTLD]]. In August of that year they were awarded a 10 year contract to act as the registry administrator, beating out big players such as [[Verisign]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shane-snow/how-to-become-an-internet_b_705175.html HuffingtonPost]</ref> There bid was seriously helped by his strong ties to his native country, Colombia.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2010/05/16/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-co-our-exclusive-interview-with-the-ceo-juan-calle/ The Domains.com]</ref>