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'''Kent Crispin''' has been involved with [[ICANN]] since before it was ICANN; he was Chairman of an initial [[PAB|Policy Advisory Board]] and a member of the [[POC]], both of which were entities that foreshadowed the creation of ICANN itself. He currently works as a Technical Advisor to ICANN after being its Technical Systems Manager and Director for many years. He also owns [[SongBird.com]], which is a hosting and consulting business.<ref>[[ICANN 40]] Interview</ref><ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kent-crispin/7/335/a78 LinkedIn]</ref>

'''Kent Crispin''' was involved with [[ICANN]] since before it was ICANN; he was Chairman of an initial [[PAB|Policy Advisory Board]] and a member of the [[POC]], both of which were entities that foreshadowed the creation of ICANN itself. In 2013, he retired from ICANN as Technical Advisor after being its Technical Systems Manager and Director for many years. From 1996 to 2008, he owned [[SongBird.com]], which is a hosting and consulting business.<ref>[[ICANN 40]] Interview</ref><ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kent-crispin/7/335/a78 LinkedIn]</ref>

==ICANN==

==ICANN==

Mr. Crispin was [[ICANN]]'s first Technical Systems Manager, and when he began he had a staff of only one other person. He officially joined ICANN in 2002.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04feb02.htm ICANN.org Announcements]</ref> He has written vast amounts of code for ICANN; including work with [[LACRALO]]'s servers which are automated to translate messages from English into Spanish. He worked on the recent audit of [[Whois]] servers.<ref>[[ICANN 40]] Interview</ref>

Mr. Crispin was [[ICANN]]'s first Technical Systems Manager, and when he began he had a staff of only one other person. He officially joined ICANN in 2002.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04feb02.htm ICANN.org Announcements]</ref> He wrote vast amounts of code for ICANN; including work with [[LACRALO]]'s servers which are automated to translate messages from English into Spanish. He worked on the recent audit of [[Whois]] servers.<ref>[[ICANN 40]] Interview</ref>

==Other Work==

==Other Work==

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Former ICANN Staff]]

[[Category: ICANN Staff]]