− | '''Steve DelBianco''' serves as the Executive Director of [[NetChoice]], a coalition of e-commerce businesses and trade associations, including the Electronic Retailing Association, [[The Internet Alliance]], AOL, [[eBay]], Oracle, [[Verisign]], [[Yahoo]], and several thousand small online sellers based in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/workshops/rewbios/212221.htm www.justice.gov]</ref> He is the current Policy Chair of [[ICANN]]'s [[Commercial and Business Users Constituency]].<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/10/25/bc-four-holes-in-gtld-process BC Four Holes in gTLD Process, news.dot-nxt.com]</ref> | + | '''Steve DelBianco''' serves as the Executive Director of [[NetChoice]], a coalition of online and e-commerce businesses, including AOL, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, [[Verisign]], and [[Yahoo]].<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/workshops/rewbios/212221.htm www.justice.gov]</ref> He is the current Policy Chair of [[ICANN]]'s [[Commercial and Business Users Constituency]].<ref>[http://bizconst.org]</ref> |
− | Steve was an investor and Board Member of [[eRealty.com]]. | + | Steve has become a well-known expert on Internet governance, online consumer protection, and Internet taxation. He’s provided expert testimony in twenty Congressional hearings and many more state legislative sessions. He represents NetChoice at [[ICANN Meetings]] and in the Business Constituency,<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/3698/ circleid.com]</ref>. He has also represented NetChoice at other high level fora, such as several recent ICANN hearings in the U.S. Congress. |
− | Mr. DelBianco sets the policy agenda for NetChoice. He represents NetChoice at [[ICANN Meetings]] and in the Business Constituency,<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/members/3698/ circleid.com]</ref> and is a Member of the [[OPOC Working Group]]. He has also represented NetChoice at other high level fora, such as a May, 2011 U.S. House of Representatives hearing on new gTLDS. In this instance, he was defending the expansion of TLDs , though he has been involved in multiple U.S. legislative hearings.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/the-10-dumbest-moments-from-that-new-tlds-congressional-hearing/ The 10 dumbest Moments From that New TLDs Congressional Hearing, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
| + | Steve was an investor and Board Member of eRealty.com, an online real estate broker featured in [http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/hi-tech-real-estate-moves-in/ a segment on ''60 Minutes'']. |
| Steve holds a degree in Engineering and another in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA from the Wharton School.<ref>[http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/steve-delbianco.shtml netcaucus.org]</ref> | | Steve holds a degree in Engineering and another in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA from the Wharton School.<ref>[http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/steve-delbianco.shtml netcaucus.org]</ref> |