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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.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stuart-lawley/1b/634/658 LinkedIn]</ref>

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

==Work==

==Work==

Mr 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 with [[Eurofac]] Ltd., [[Alto Group]] Ltd., and been the Chairman at [[Oneview.net]]. He guided Oneview.net though 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 compund rate of over 40% over 12 years. Alto Group doubled in size and share values increased by 450% during his 15 month tenture.<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>

He is involved as an investor or leader in a variety of side projects as well; this includes work with a home automation Company, a health records company, and a multimedia online game company.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html lawley.com]</ref>

 

He is involved as an investor or leader in a variety of side projects as well, this includes work with a home automation company, a health records company, and a multimedia online game company.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html lawley.com]</ref>

===ICM===

===ICM===

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 first declined for approval in 2004, and subsequently approved in March, 2011 at the [[ICANN Silicon Valley]] meeting. Prior to launch, Stuart claimed that ICM could be bringing in around $200 million a year; and 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>

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>

 

 

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 B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of London, 1982 — 1985.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html Lawley.com]</ref>

He has a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of London, 1982 — 1985.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html Lawley.com]</ref>

==References==

==References==

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