Re: [registrars] New European-Based Registrar Liaison Manager

[Duane Connelly <duane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 22:00 05/02/08, Tim Cole wrote:

We too, welcome Steve:-)

Duane

>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I am pleased to announce that ICANN has hired Steve Gobin to work out of
>our Brussels office as a member of the Registrar Liaison team.  Steve
>started Monday.  I am spending time with him in Brussels this week.  While
>he won't be joining us in Delhi, we are making plans for him to get
>acquainted with ICANN and its registrar community in the coming months.
>His experience (detailed below) has meant that he has already had
>significant interaction with many of the European registrars and he brings
>a depth of understanding of the industry.
>
>Here is the official announcement:
>
>Steve Gobin has been appointed as Registrar Liaison Manager for Europe.
>
>Based out of ICANN's Brussels office, Steve will be the main point of
>contact within ICANN for European registrars and will provide a variety of
>service support to ICANN stakeholders in the region as well as providing
>overall support to ICANN's accreditation process.
>
>Steve has been working for more than eight years in the domain name sector,
>covering its commercial, legal and technical aspects.  During his career,
>he has built relationships with many prominent registrars.
>
>Prior to joining ICANN, Steve worked as an Account Manager for EURid,
>the .eu Registry.  His tasks included providing dedicated support to
>French- and German-speaking registrars, working with registrars to identify
>and implement registry process improvements, and participating in
>accreditation reviews, billing support and training.
>
>Before joining EURid, Steve managed the ROLEX group's domain name portfolio
>and supported the company's legal division in Internet disputes.  Prior to
>that, he worked for PSINet Europe's DNS department with responsibility for
>customers with global domain name portfolios.
>
>Steve holds a Master in Translation from the University of Mons (Belgium).
>He is a native French-speaker, fluently speaks and writes in German and
>English, has a business knowledge of Dutch and a conversational knowledge
>of Danish.
>