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'''Krista Papac''' is the Chief Strategy Officer of [[AusRegistry]]. She was appointed to this position in September, 2010.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100913_ausregistry_international_krista_papac_as_chief_strategy_officer/ circleid.com]</ref> The AusRegistry team cite her knowledge of policy-making processes and of [[IDN]]s as great assets to the company as it prepares for new [[gTLD]] operations.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100913_ausregistry_international_krista_papac_as_chief_strategy_officer/ CircleID]</ref> Krista is a member of the [[IGF]].<ref>[http://www.igf-usa.us/profile/KristaPapac IGF-USA]</ref> | '''Krista Papac''' is the Chief Strategy Officer of [[AusRegistry]]. She was appointed to this position in September, 2010.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100913_ausregistry_international_krista_papac_as_chief_strategy_officer/ circleid.com]</ref> The AusRegistry team cite her knowledge of policy-making processes and of [[IDN]]s as great assets to the company as it prepares for new [[gTLD]] operations.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100913_ausregistry_international_krista_papac_as_chief_strategy_officer/ CircleID]</ref> Krista is a member of the [[IGF]].<ref>[http://www.igf-usa.us/profile/KristaPapac IGF-USA]</ref> | ||
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| + | In a letter dated December 8th, Krista, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry participants, 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 that the program had taken lots of people a long time to develop, hence it had not been rushed.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/new-gtld-industry-pleads-with-senators/ New gTLD industry pleads with senators, domainincite.com]</ref> Read the letter [http://domainincite.com/docs/Senate-Letter-ICANN-Expansion-of-Top-Level-Domains-08.DEC.2011.pdf here]. | ||
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Krista Papac is the Chief Strategy Officer of AusRegistry. She was appointed to this position in September, 2010.[1] The AusRegistry team cite her knowledge of policy-making processes and of IDNs as great assets to the company as it prepares for new gTLD operations.[2] Krista is a member of the IGF.[3]
In a letter dated December 8th, Krista, along with twenty-seven other domain name industry participants, wrote to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to support ICANN's new gTLD program, in response to the Senate Hearings taking place on the same day. They supported ICANN's argument that the program would be innovative and economically beneficial, and that the program had taken lots of people a long time to develop, hence it had not been rushed.[4] Read the letter here.
Career History
Krista has a background in the international domain name industry.[5]
She has been active in the International Trademark Association since 2001. Since 2007, she has participated in ICANN activities and has been a part of a number of ICANN policy-making groups. She represented AusRegistry, along with its CEO Adrian Kinderis, at the 2010 Domain Fest and .nxt Conferences.[6]
Prior to joining AusRegistry, Ms. Papac was the Business Development and Sales Manager at Iron Mountain. For 1 year, she worked as a Senior Sales Executive at Xerox, where she managed a team of eight entry-level sales representatives in prospect development, sales calls, proposal and bid preparation, and delivery of ‘C’ level presentations.
For less than a year in 2005, she worked at MarkMonitor as a Regional Sales Manager. Working as a Senior Sales Executive at Verisign was one of her first jobs.[7]
Education
Ms. Papac has a Bachelor of Science in Business and Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.[8]