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ICANN Senior Executive Resigns Over Undisclosed Conflict of Interest

  • Nov 15, 2012 12:32 PM PDT
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By CircleID Reporter

Senior vice president Kurt Pritz has resigned his new job as ICANN's Chief Strategy Officer over an undisclosed conflict of interest, reports Kieren McCarthy in .Nxt. "In a note posted on the organization's website earlier today, new CEO Fadi Chehade noted that Pritz had resigned 'because of a recently identified conflict of interest'. ICANN has so far refused to identify what that conflict is."

Updates:  UPDATED Nov 18, 2012 4:14 PM PDT
Pritz's conflict of interest was with ARI DomainIncite, Nov.18.2012

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