[ccnso-nominations] Chris Disspain Brief CV in plain text

["Chris Disspain" <ceo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Disspain- candidate for ccNSO Council
Brief curriculum vitae

.au
Chief Executive Officer of .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA), a non-profit 
company that is the 
independent governing body/manager of the Australian internet domain name space 
(.au) and 
the policy body governing the Domain Name Space (DNS) in Australia.
Instrumental in auDA becoming endorsed by the Australian Government as the 
appropriate body 
to become the manager of .au and responsible for negotiating the re-delegation 
of .au to auDA 
and for guiding the DNS in Australia through the transition from an unregulated 
monopoly regime 
to a new, regulated, fully competitive, price sensitive regime.
Responsibilities include:
        Administration and management of the Australian self regulatory policy 
body for .au and 
        its associated Second Level Domains such and com.au and org.au.
        
        Management of the Board of Directors comprising mainly volunteers 
elected to represent 
        various sectors of the internet community.
        
        Liaison with standing technical committee to maintain and promote the 
operational 
        stability and utility of .au and management of critical technical 
functions including the 
        primary and secondary .au name servers and zone files for second level 
domains. 
        
        Administration of the independent Advisory Panel policy framework for 
the development 
        of policy within .au.
        
        Management of relationships with and between the .au Registry and auDA 
accredited 
        Registrars and Resellers and the public.
        
        Development and administration of consumer safeguards and Code of 
Practice for 
        domain name industry.

        Liaison with the Federal Government of Australia and with other 
national bodies and 
        stakeholders on issues relating to the development and administration 
of domain name 
        systems in Australia. 

        Company Directors duties including budgets and cash flows, compliance 
issues, staff 
        management and the drafting and issue of public documents and annual 
reports.

        Public Relations and Media.

        Representing .au at an international level.
       

Global DNS
*       Director of Asia Pacific Top Level Domain organisation for ccTLD 
registries in the Asia 
        Pacific region.

*       Member of apTLD Membership/Sponsorship committee.

*       Member of apTLD ICANN relations committee.

*       Member of apTLD Technical committee

*       Chair of apTLD Meeting committee.

*       Member of the ICANN ccNSO Assistance Group that negotiated with ICANN 
Evolution and 
        Reform Committee leading to the establishment of the ccNSO.

*       Member of and spokesperson for the ccNSO Launching Group which 
solicited additional 
        ccTLD managers to join the ccNSO and established the schedule and 
procedures for the 
        selection of the initial ccNSO Council.

*       Member of the ICANN Budget Advisory Group


Corporate Law and Executive Management:
Acted as a corporate lawyer and advisor to companies in Asia, North America, 
United Kingdom 
and Europe and has held executive management positions and directorships in 
private and public 
companies in the U.K. and Australia. Experienced in:- 
        Dealing with financial markets and Stock Exchanges.
        General Public and Private Company Director?s duties.
        Corporations Law requirements. 
        National and international contract negotiations.
        Public raisings by way of prospectus, rights issue and IPO.
        Dealing with government and statutory bodies.



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