[gnso-whois-wg] Statement of Interest of Tim Ruiz

[Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Statement of Interest of Tim Ruiz



1. Current occupation, employer and position.



Vice President of Corporate Development and Policy for The Go Daddy
Group, Inc. based in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.



2. Type of work performed in 1 above.



Corporate development, business development, new projects, and policy.



3. Financial ownership or management leadership of registries,
registrars or other firms that are interested parties in Whois, and 4.
Nature of your interest in Whois.



The Go Daddy Group companies include eight ICANN accredited registrars,
each of which are under contract with ICANN to provide publicly
accessible WHOIS services via the Web and port 43. The Go Daddy Group
companies also includes Domains by Proxy, Inc., a provider of private
registration services to the Go Daddy Group accredited registrars. Each
of the aforementioned companies could be affected by the outcome of this
WG.



GoDaddy.com, one of the Go Daddy Group registrars, is a member of the
dotMOBI Advisory Group (MAG). I represent GoDaddy.com on the MAG. I am
also a member of the MAG Steering Committee. The MAG, among other
activities, is indirectly involved in recommending policy to mTLD, the
dotMOBI Registry Operator.



GoDaddy.com is a member of, and I am currently CTO and Vice Chair of the
Registrars' Constituency of the GNSO. While I was not elected by the
Constituency to serve on this Working Group, I am on the Executive
Committee of the Constituency and feel an obligation to present and
discuss various Constituency members' views to the Working Group as
they are made known to me.



GoDaddy.com is also a member of the United States Council for
International Business (USCIB). The USCIB is a member of the Business
Constituency of the GNSO. Our primary interest in the USCIB is the DNS
and Internet Identifiers Working Group. The USCIB and aforementioned
Working Group include members who have an interest in the outcome of
this WG and any affect it has on access to WHOIS data. 





Tim Ruiz

Vice President

Corp. Development & Policy

The Go Daddy Group, Inc.