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Chief Executive Officer of Public Interest Registry
Joined on June 22, 2006
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Ms. Raad joined the .ORG team as CEO in 2007, and oversees the management and day to day operations of the .ORG registry. Ms. Raad has more than 20 years of experience from the telecommunications, payment, and Internet sectors. Most recently, Ms. Raad was the Chief Marketing Officer of dotMobi, where she was instrumental in the company start-up and making the .mobi domain one of the most successful TLD launches. Prior to her tenure at dotMobi, Ms. Raad was a senior business development manager at VeriSign in Dulles, Virginia, where she developed new markets and channels for radio frequency identification (RFID) and supply chain and logistics-related technologies as well as for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN).
As we start the new year, it is worth noting some of the major events and news in 2008 that shaped the industry and fueled considerable discussions. Last year's occurrences made for a very historic year, bearing the seeds of future changes for the DNS and domain name industry. more»
I have been thinking a lot lately on the topic of the free flow of information on the internet -- what kinds of tools are available now and in the future for governments (especially repressive ones) to control content, isolate their people and keep any contrary viewpoints censored. I had an interesting conversation with a Practice Lead from IFTF.org. The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is a California based independent, nonprofit research group with 40 years of experience in identifying emerging trends that will transform global society... Turns out they are quite concerned about the fragmentation and control of the Internet as well. But will it be an inevitability? more»
