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'''Stuart Lawley''' is the Chairman and President of [[ICM Registry]], Chairman at Stimulus Medical and a Director at The Rabbit Hole Ltd.

Mr. Lawley attends [[ICANN]] meetings and other industry conferences.

Stuart Lawley is an experienced Chairman and Chief Executive, who has developed and successfully managed a number of UK and US businesses in office technology and the Internet. He was Chief Executive of Eurofax Ltd, Alto Group Ltd and Chairman of Oneview.net plc (all UK Companies). Oneview.net plc was a public company which listed on the Alternative Investment Market (a market similar to NASDAQ in the US) of the London Stock Exchange via an IPO. At the time of its sale in March 2000, it had grown from inception to over 400 employees in just 15 months. Oneview.net was an Internet B2b provider. Prior to Oneview, Stuart was CEO of Alto Group Ltd, which doubled in size to over 250 employees during his tenure. His first business, Eurofax, grew at a compound rate of over 40% consistently over 12 years. In addition, Lawley is lead investor in, and Chairman of, a US based Home Automation company and an Electronic Health Records Company . He is also an investor in a Multi Media Online Game Playing business.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html lawley.com]</ref>

Stuart Lawley is an experienced leader, who has acted as Chairman or CEO in a number of UK and US businesses, largely within the Internet and technology sectors. He has acted as CEO of [[Eurofax]] Ltd., [[Alto Group]] Ltd., and has been the Chairman at [[Oneview.net]]. He guided Oneview.net through a public offering within the London Stock Exchange,<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_28/b4186038373596.htm BusinessWeek.com]</ref> and saw the number of employees double. It was sold in March 2000 for $200 million. Eurofax grew at a compound rate of over 40% over 12 years. Alto Group doubled in size and share values increased by 450% during his 15-month tenure.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html Lawley.com]</ref>

 

After Mr. Lawley successfully sold Oneview.net, he gave himself a brief retirement in the Bahamas, where he worked on his golf game and learned to spearfish.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2010-1026-5176611.html News.CNET.com]</ref>

 

Mr. Lawley has been with [[ICM Registry]] since 2003, and thus very much a part of the long process involved in approving the [[.xxx]] [[TLD]]; it was declined for approval in 2000, 2004, and 2007, and subsequently approved in March, 2011 at the [[ICANN 40|ICANN Silicon Valley]] meeting.<ref>[http://www.namesmash.com/the-adult-thing-to-do-an-interview-with-stuart-lawley-of-icm-registry/#more-733 NameSmash.com Interview]</ref> It was first declined in 2000, years before Stuart became its CEO.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2010-1026-5176611.html News.CNET.com]</ref> Stuart Lawley initially became interested in ICM when reviewing the applications for inaugural TLD introduction in 2000; he thought their proposal had real merit so he invested enough in ICM to take control of the company.<ref>[http://www.namesmash.com/the-adult-thing-to-do-an-interview-with-stuart-lawley-of-icm-registry/#more-733 Interview with NameSmash.com]</ref> Prior to launch, Stuart claimed that ICM could be bringing in around $200 million a year though .xxx; they also have plans to create a PayPal type service throughout the namespace.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_28/b4186038373596.htm BusinessWeek.com]</ref> Stuart maintains that he has "no current or historic links to the adult industry in any form".<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2010-1026-5176611.html News.CNET.com]</ref>

 

ICM faced a constant battle not only with ICANN and [[GAC]], but also with the community that it claimed to represent. Stuart Lawley registered as a user of Xbiz.net, a members-only forum for those involved in the adult industry, to directly answer questions and negative comments he was receiving on the forum. He immediately received a number of questions, and eventually responded to many of them in full. He defended .xxx as a new income opportunity and not a burden; he defended the higher price of registration compared to a [[.com]] registration as necessary given their resources compared to [[Verisign]]'s; he promised to advertise and promote the namespace to further increase its value; he claimed to have support from the industry and promised to turn the .xxx space into a premium, secure real estate.<ref>[http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/images/pdf/XBIZ.net%20Thread.pdf .PDF Screen shot of Xbiz.net thread]</ref> The conversation was extremely variable in terms of tone and information. Later, a number of prominent adult industry veterans made a movie detailing ICM's business plan and deriding Mr. Lawley and his company.<ref>[http://www.juliemeadows.com/blog/tag/diane-duke/ JulieMeadows.com Blog post]</ref> The full thread from Xbiz.net can be read [http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/images/pdf/XBIZ.net%20Thread.pdf here].

 

In November 2011, Mr. Lawley stepped down as Chairman of the [[International Foundation For Online Responsibility]], or IFFOR. The organization was the sponsoring organization required by ICANN of the registries applying for [[SLD|sponsored top-level domains]] in 2004. The organization was supposed to be independent, and many saw an inherent conflict of interest that Stuart Lawley was the leader of both the [[registry]] and the sponsoring organization. ICM Registry will still hold a seat on the IFFOR, but the chairmanship has been passed onto [[Clyde Beattie]], former Chair of the Canadian [[ccTLD]] manager, [[CIRA]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/lawley-quits-as-xxx-sponsor-chairman/ Lawley quits as xxx sponsor chairman, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

==Education==

==Education==

He has a BSc in Engineering from the University of London - (1982 — 1985)

<br/>[[Raymond King]] interviews Lawley about ICM Registry, .xxx, and the company's new gTLD applications at [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto, Canada.

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