Kurt Pritz SOI

1) Your Name: Kurt Pritz

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3) Constituency: Individual

4) ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3): Former ICANN staff member: Chief of Strategy; SVP, Stakeholder Relations; VP, Business Operations. Currently consultant to several ICANN contracted parties.

5) Please identify your current employer(s): Self-employed management consultant. Several past and current clients are ICANN contracted parties.

6) Please identify your current position(s): Principal, Kurt Pritz Management Consulting

7) Please identify the type(s) of work performed: Advise clients, produce white papers and reports, offer legal advice, make introductions and connections in order to foster business development, create relationships and find mutual and complementary competencies that will foster successful business relationships.

8) Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g., country to which you pay taxes): U.S.

9) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN: None.

10) Do you believe you are participating in the GNSO policy process as a representative of any individual or entity, whether paid or unpaid? No

a) Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes? No. My clients that are ICANN contracted parties might and often do have a material interest.

If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes: Although the answer above is no, I wish to state that several of my past or present clients are ICANN contracted parties or infrastructure providers and so might have an interest in reduced regulation, free markets and generally , the acceleration of the policy development process.

b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member? No.

If the answer is “yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s):

12) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable): New gTLD Next Round PDP; CWG (IANA Transition)

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14) Page last revised: 20 April 2016