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London
based
management consultancy Valideus
decided to launch a sister company
in the United States and they
have certainly gotten off on the
right foot by appointing veteran
domain industry executive Jeff
Neuman as the Senior Vice
President for Valideus USA.
Jeff started his new job today. During
the first round of ICANN’s New
gTLD Program, Valideus managed
over 120 applications for leading
brand owners. It is now providing registry
management services to these
clients as well as helping the
operators of Restricted, City and
Community registries to draft their
policies and to validate
applications.
Neuman's
extensive experience makes him
especially well suited to further
Valideus's expansion into the U.S.
For the past 15 years he has served
in business, policy and legal roles
for Neustar's
Registry Services Group where he
has been instrumental in providing
policy assistance and advice in the
fields of Internet governance,
intellectual property protection and
domain name policy.
At
Neustar, Jeff was responsible for
the sales, business development,
distribution and management of
Neustar's franchise TLDs, including .biz,
.us and .nyc. He was
also responsible for Neustar's
response to the new gTLD
initiatives, including the launch
and administration of each of its
350+ new gTLD applications.
Previously, Neuman led the legal
team for Enterprise, Media and
Registry
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Jeff
Neuman
Senior VP, Valideus USA |
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Neuman,
who was a featured speaker at
this month's NamesCon
conference in Las Vegas, also served
on ICANN's Generic Names
Supporting Organisation (GNSO)
representing the gTLD Registries
from 2003-2005, and again from 2010
through 2013. He chaired the gTLD Registries
Stakeholder Group as well as a
number of ICANN Working Groups on
WHOIS, Domain Name Transfers, Policy
Development Processes and served on
the Implementation Review Team
tasked by the ICANN Board of
Directors to establish intellectual
property protections for the new
gTLDs.
New
Valideus SVP Jeff Neuman
speaking at this month's NamesCon
conference in Las Vegas.
Valideus
Managing Director Nick Wood
said, “This is a really exciting
time for us. We are delighted for
our clients. Jeff is a lawyer by
training with a profound
understanding of internet policy and
governance. For the past five years
Jeff has been the business lead for
Neustar’s Registry Services team
with responsibility for the
application and launch of
hundreds of new TLD registries.
We are very lucky that he also has
the instincts of a technology
entrepreneur as witnessed by his
successful leadership of the .NYC
launch.”
Neuman
will be based in Virginia and
will help the Valideus team to
develop the core consulting business
while exploring new opportunities.
Neuman noted, “Domain registry
management is still in its infancy.
There are some very significant
challenges ahead, especially for Dot
Brand applicants who want to use
secure registries to enhance their
corporate strategies. The
stakeholder environment is getting
more and more complicated and
technologies are changing rapidly. I
want to help Valideus and our
clients to reach new heights.” |
