Michael Salazar is the former ICANN Program Director, new gTLD Program. Prior to joining ICANN in 2009, Michael was a Partner in the Advisory Services group at KPMG LLP in Los Angeles.
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Applicants will have some considerable work to do over the next several months as the Evaluation Panels consider application comments and pose clarifying questions, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) concludes its review for Early Warnings, and Objections are filed. In addition, Applicants have an opportunity to help ICANN with their timelines by settling string contention as soon as practical. more