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Richard A. S. Lindsay

"My fellow Registrars..." Just in case we have not yet met, I have taken the liberty to include a picture. I have been acting for the past three months as the Asia Pacific representative of the Registrars Constituency to the preliminary Names Council of the Domain Name Supporting Organization. I believe I have carried out the tasks and responsibilities of the position with the patience (biggest requirement!) integrity and dilligence to represent our Constituency in the DNSO. Perhaps against better judgement, I nominate myself to suffer through more punishment by continuing to represent our growing group on the Names Council. I personally feel that I am fully qualified to assist the Names Council and the DNSO, and ICANN reach the next stage of legitimacy and actual operation.

A quick overview of interQ the Registrar, we are a small but rapidly growing ISP in Japan, and have been registering .jp domain names and gTLD domains for the past 2 years. interQ also provides a variety of virtual hosting services, and runs a nationwide network providing dial up service. In the interest of public disclosure, interQ is a member of the Council of Registrars (CORE), the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC), the Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA), the Internet Association of Japan (IAJ) and a variety of Asia Pacific regional, and Japanese Internet and Telecommunication related organizations. Feel free to visit our home page, however, it is currently only in Japanese.

Below is an extremely standard style (and rather bland) resume, but in the interests of timeliness, it was the best thing I could find. I believe my diverse background has provided me sufficient skills and knowledge to fully participate in the Names Council. Most of all, I believe my common sense and fairly robust sense of humor have contributed to my success so far, and should allow me to maintain my sanity AND perhaps finally get some work done on the Names Council!

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WORK EXPERIENCE

1997- present interQ inc. Tokyo, Japan

Director and General Manager, System Division

Sits on Board of Directors of a public company, contributing to decisions ranging from policy and long range planning to day to day operational considerations.
Manages all day to day activities of the System Division, which consists of the Network Department, and the Development Department and System Administrations Department.
Responsible for the coordination of these departments, and the activities of 20 employees.
Responsible for all aspects of the System Division, including running the interQ Network, with 112 local Points of Presence, over 85 MB of upstream Internet connectivity, about 10,000 access ports and over 150,000 mail accounts.
Responsible for all technology issues concerning interQ services and products to include development, operations and maintenance of program development and hardware.
Responsible for all vendor relations including equipment pricing, purchasing and service agreement for contracts of over 40,000,000 Yen per month.
interQ representative in all international Internet organizations, including the ICANN, DNSO, CORE, IAJ, APIA, APTLD.

1996-97 MEDICAL BANK INSTITUTE Tokyo, Japan

Director, Network Department:

Directly responsible for all day to day operations of the Network Department, includes operations of a network consisting of hardware worth over $700,000 a multi-homed backbone with over 6.0 Mbps of upstream Internet connectivity, and multiple remote access points.
Rapidly built up service to include 8 local Points of Presence, and multiple-homed backbone connectivity.
Recruited and hired a staff of 4, including network engineers and UNiX system administrators. Responsible for all contractual elements of their employment including salary, benefits, vacation time, housing arrangements and others.
Responsible for all vendor relations including equipment pricing, purchasing and service agreements.
Conducted network consulting for a major customer (ISP with 45 regional POPs) that generated monthly revenues of approximately $150,000 to $200,000.

1995-96 AIRBORNE EXPRESS JAPAN Tokyo, Japan

Sales and Marketing Representative:

Fully integrated member of all Japanese sales department responsible for sales of Express Courier Products and international air freight.
Coordinated communications between US headquarters and Japanese joint venture partner.
Responsible for sales department computer systems integration and operation.

1994 FUJI XEROX CORPORATION Tokyo, Japan

Research Analyst:

Conducted in depth marketing research and developed a plan for the introduction of a new Fuji Xerox product into the overseas market.
Prepared and delivered presentations in Japanese to senior administrators describing my recommendations.

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1988-93 UNITED STATES NAVY

1991-93 HEADQUARTERS, US FORCES JAPAN Yokota AFB, Japan

Chief, Intelligence Analysis and Estimates:

Researched, prepared and presented weekly briefings to the senior US military officer in Japan.
Led 3 senior intelligence specialists.
Liaised with Japanese Self Defense Force Intelligence Units and government officials on critical areas of the US Japan bilateral military relationship.
Rewrote the USFJ threat assessment in order to account for the changes in the regional geo-political sphere with the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the effective end to the cold war.

1989-91 USS MIDWAY, CV-41 Yokosuka NB, Japan

Operations Intelligence Officer:

Directed the operations of the Intelligence Center aboard a forward deployed aircraft carrier.
Led a watch team of 15 Intelligence Specialists during combat operations, including preparing of Strike Briefs, combat mission reports, and Bomb Damage Assessment Reports.
Responsible for installation, operations and maintenance of tactical intelligence equipment worth over $15 million, including liaison with government contractor technical representatives.

Multi-Sensor Intelligence Officer:

Responsible for 10 Intelligence Specialists.
Oversaw the emergency, at-sea installation of an advanced Navy Intelligence Processing System in preparation for combat operations during Desert Storm.
Responsible for the processing, storage, and safekeeping of highly classified documents.
Presented daily intelligence briefs to the shipfs executive officer and the senior staff. Also regularly briefed the Captain on time sensitive intelligence data.

EDUCATION

1993-95 INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN Niigata, Japan

Masters of Business Administration: Graduated 2nd out of 50, emphasis on international management and marketing. Participated in advanced intensive Japanese language program. Studied on exchange at UFSIA in Antwerp Belgium.

1988-89 NAVY INTELLIGENCE TRAINING COMMAND Norfolk, VA USA

Navy Intelligence Officer Basic Course: Specialized in analysis of geopolitical events, military technology issues, and preparations and presentation of executive level intelligence briefings. Designated as a General Intelligence Officer upon graduation.

1983-87 TUFTS UNIVERSITY Medford, MA USA

Bachelors of Arts in Russian Studies: Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a double major in History. Studied on exchange at Exeter University, UK, and at was then Leningrad State University in the former USSR.

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Languages:

Japanese Passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level 2

Russian Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Level 2+