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'''Nick Ashton-Hart''' is the Principal at Consensus Optimus. While he currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland, he is a citizen of the USA and UK.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart LinkedIn]</ref>

'''Nick Ashton-Hart''' is the Principal at Consensus Optimus. While he currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland, he is a citizen of the USA and UK.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart LinkedIn]</ref>

== Career History ==

== Career History ==

===ICANN Involvement===

===ICANN Involvement===

===Other Work===

===Other Work===

He was once the Executive Director of International Music Managers Forum,<ref>[http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=7481 musicweek.com]</ref> which represented international musicians such as James Brown,<ref>[http://www.twellow.com/user/nashtonhart twellow.com]</ref> and Heaven 17.<ref>[http://www.digitalhollywood.com/%231-DHEurope/London-Thursday16A.html digitalhollywood.com]</ref>

From 2000 until 2004, Nick Ashton-Hart was the Managing Director for Subversive Music Management and its European counterpart, which represents international musicians such as James Brown,<ref>[http://www.twellow.com/user/nashtonhart twellow.com]</ref> and Heaven 17.<ref>[http://www.digitalhollywood.com/%231-DHEurope/London-Thursday16A.html digitalhollywood.com]</ref> While working in the music industry he was also the Executive Director of the International Music Managers Forum.<ref>[http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=7481 musicweek.com]</ref> As Chief Executive of the NGO, he was responsible for managing its staff and budget and representing the body within other forums, such as the U.N. and [[WIPO]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart LinkedIn]</ref>

Nick has also worked a consulting IT leadership position in a for-profit company where he would stay in a director’s position for a 20 year career in the multilateral world. These fields would include many different tasks but there was much urban development as well as negotiations at the World Intellectual Property Organization for purposes of diplomacy.<ref>[http://ashtonhart.typepad.com/about.html ashtonhart.typepad.com]</ref> Throughout his career he has continually worked as both a non-profit, privately held and for-profit worker as both a director of services and varying other positions within a given ICANN field of play. He even ascertained partnership at the Lansharks EIS, Inc. which paved the way for his continued prolonged career.

He has also worked as a consultant in both the IT sector and the realm of NGOs. This diverse experience has seen him working with [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], UN panels on urban development, and more generally help NGOs and multi-stakeholder organizations work together.<ref>[http://www.digitalhollywood.com/%231-DHEurope/London-Thursday16A.html DigitalHollywood.com]</ref><ref>[http://ashtonhart.typepad.com/about.html Ashtonhart.typepad.com]</ref>

 

He has been the  Adviser/Coordinator for Working Groups of Civil Society, Rightsholders and Industry at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.<ref>[http://www.digitalhollywood.com/%231-DHEurope/London-Thursday16A.html digitalhollywood.com]</ref> From 1992-1997, he was the Director of IT at Patti Roscoe & Associates.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart linkedin.com]</ref> He has been CCIA’s Geneva Representative.<ref>[http://www.ccianet.org/index.asp?sid=5&artid=213&evtflg=False ccianet.org]</ref>

== Meetings and Conferences ==

== Meetings and Conferences ==

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