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'''Tina Dam''' has been a very influential staff member of [[ICANN]]. She resigned in January, 2011.<ref>[http://idnblog.com/2011/01/02/tina-dam-moves-icann-setting-idn/ idnblog.com]</ref>

'''Tina Dam''' has been a very influential staff member of [[ICANN]]. She resigned in January, 2011.<ref>[http://idnblog.com/2011/01/02/tina-dam-moves-icann-setting-idn/ idnblog.com]</ref> Tina has started her own consulting company for introduction of new TLDs.<ref>[http://mytld.com mytld.com]</ref> In addition she is currently writing a book on the history of IDNs, and consulting for ICANN as their IDN Advisor.

== Career History ==

== Career History ==

Tina joined ICANN in 2003 as Chief [[gTLD]] [[Registry]] Liaison, where she was responsible for developing ICANN's gTLD Registry functions, and defining and managing processes in accordance with consensus policies and ICANN agreements for servicing the gTLD registries.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tina-dam crunchbase.com]</ref>

Tina joined ICANN in 2003 as Chief [[gTLD]] [[Registry]] Liaison, where she was responsible for developing ICANN's gTLD Registry functions, and defining and managing processes in accordance with consensus policies and ICANN agreements for servicing the gTLD registries.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tina-dam crunchbase.com]</ref>

In January 2006, Tina was appointed Senior Director of ICANN's [[IDN]] Program. In this capacity, she developed and managed all IDN-related projects as ICANN focused on the deployment of worldwide [[TLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tina-dam crunchbase.com]</ref>

In January 2006, Tina was appointed Senior Director of ICANN's [[IDN]] Program. In this capacity, she developed and managed all IDN-related projects as ICANN focused on the deployment of worldwide [[TLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tina-dam crunchbase.com]</ref>

Before working with ICANN, Ms. Dam worked with an ICANN-accredited company [[Ascio Technologies]], formerly known as [[SpeedNames]]. At Ascio, Tina supervised the launch of the TLDs [[.biz]], [[.info]] and [[.name]]. Prior to joining Ascio, Tina worked at Navision Software as a Systems Architecture Engineer, where she helped in developing the architecture of the company's next generation of products.<ref>[http://www.quarkbase.com/people/icann.org quarkbase.com]</ref>

Before working with ICANN, Tina worked with an ICANN-accredited company [[Ascio Technologies]], formerly known as [[SpeedNames]]. At Ascio, Tina supervised the launch of the TLDs [[.biz]], [[.info]] and [[.name]] as well as many other ccTLDs and general domain products. Prior to joining Ascio, Tina worked at Navision Software as a Systems Architecture Engineer, where she helped in developing the architecture of the company's next generation of products.<ref>[http://www.quarkbase.com/people/icann.org quarkbase.com]</ref>

== Education ==

== Education ==