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'''Nigel Roberts''' is the Founder, Director, and CEO of the [[Island Networks]] group of companies,<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9595479&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=H3Nn&locale=en_US&srchid=cb608a27-72cd-45c0-8338-1bc741a73184-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=1&goback=%2Efps_PBCK_Island_Nigel_Roberts_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link LinkedIn Profile]</ref> which run the [[ccTLD]]s [[.gg]] (Guernsey) and [[.je]] (Jersey). He was one of the first elected members, representing the [[ccTLD Constituency]], of ICANN's [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organisation]], which subsequently became the [[GNSO]] and [[ccNSO]]. He has been involved with ICANN since its very beginnings, including work on the [[IFWP|International Forum on the White Paper]].

He is founder and CEO of the [[Island Networks]] group of companies,<ref>[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nigel-roberts/3/268/b33 LinkedIn Profile]</ref> which runs the [[ccTLD]] registries of [[.gg]] (Bailiwick of Guernsey) and [[.je]] (Jersey). He was one of the first elected members of ICANN's [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organisation (DNSO)]] Council, representing the [[ccTLD]] constituency. The DNSO is the forerunner of today's [[GNSO]] and [[ccNSO]].  

He has set up a site to detail his legal battles over spam issues with Media Logistics, and more broadly support anti-spam efforts and information dissemination.<ref>[http://spamlegalaction.pbworks.com/w/page/15962040/FrontPage SpamLegalAction]</ref> He won his case against Media Logistics.<ref>[http://spamlegalaction.pbworks.com/w/page/15962044/PressRelease SpamLegalAction]</ref>

Roberts has been involved with ICANN since its earliest days and took part in the U.S. Government's [[IFWP|International Forum on the White Paper]] in 1998.<ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/aboutcctld/history/wwtld1999/elections/nigel.html Names Council Statement of Interest]</ref>

==ICANN Involvement==

===Work===

Roberts was selected by the [[ccNSO]] to serve on the [[ICANN]] [[ICANN Board|Board of Directors]]. in 2017 and served between 2018 and at the [[AGM]] in2021.

After graduation, he joined Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) which was, at the time, the second-largest computer company in the world. He worked on PDP-11 (RSX) and VAX/VMS computers on diverse projects, including pioneeering work on the ALL-IN-1 email and office automation package, and X.400 e-mail gateways.

He is a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT Professional and one of the first UK engineers to be awarded the pan-European title of European Engineer (Eur.- Ing.)

Roberts began his career at the [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC). Before founding [[CHANNELISLES.NET]] in 1996, he worked for a number of companies and international organizations throughout Europe as an independent consultant/contractor, including [[BT]], [[SWIFT]], and the [[European Environment Agency]] in Denmark.

 

Together with another ex-DEC employee, he founded [[Island Networks]] in 1996. Island Networks is based on the small island of [https://alderney.gov.gg Alderney] in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

===Honors===

===Honors===

In 2006 he was made a Fellow of the British Computer Society.

Roberts is a Chartered Fellow of the [https://www.bcs.org.uk British Computer Society], a Fellow of the [https://www.iod.gg Insitute of Directors], and a Fellow of the [https://www.rsa.org.uk Royal Society of Arts].

 

He was awarded an honorary doctorate  from [https://essex.ac.uk Essex University]  in part due to his work within ICANN.

 

==Education==

==Education==

Nigel received a B.Sc. Computer Science at Essex University. During his time there he played a minor role as one of a group of students who created the world's first multi-user computer game. In 2006, he obtained a Diploma in English Law from OU/College of Law and went on to be awarded a Qualifying Law Degree (LL.B) with First-Class honours in June, 2008.

Nigel has a BSc in Computing Science from [https://essex.ac.uk Essex University] and an LLB from the [https://open.ac.uk OU/College of Law].

 

During his time at Essex, he played a minor role in one of the groups of students who created the world's first multi-user computer game. He is a Chartered Engineer.  

 

==Fun Facts==

==Fun Facts==

His hobbies include flying, radio presenting, and chastising spammers. Nigel has been involved with the Internet for so long that his first email address contained no dots.<ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/aboutcctld/history/wwtld1999/elections/nigel.html Names Councile Statement of Interest]</ref>

He is an occasional radio presenter on [https://quayfm.gg QUAY-FM] and is Chair of their Board of Directors. He is also a director of the Royal Connaugh, a retirement home charity.. Roberts has been involved with the Internet for so long that his very first email address, which was given as a "tourist on the ARPAnet," by [[MIT]] predated the [[DNS]] itself by several years and contained no dots, ''(NIGEL@MIT-AI)''.

 

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