Henri Asseily, CTO of Telnic discusses the company's work as the Registry Operator and Sponsoring Organization for .tel, a new sponsored Top Level Domain awarded on May 30th 2006 by ICANN. He reviews the background of .tel's establishment, the company's business model, and technical details of the TLD.
Henri Asseily is Chief Strategist and CTO for Telnic Limited, the
registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel domain.
Prior to his position at Telnic, Henri co-founded Shopzilla, Inc.
(formerly BizRate.com) in 1996, which under his tenure became the
largest shopping search engine and one of the first companies relying
on data-driven online marketing. Shopzilla was acquired by Scripps in
2005 for $569M.
He graduated in the The Wharton School MBA class of 1996 from the
University of Pennsylvania and also holds a BA in Mathematics and
Economics from the same institution. His hobbies include kitesurfing,
skiing and snowboarding around the world. You can reach him at henri.tel, wherever he may be.
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