Vice President, Strategy at Afilias
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Melinda Clem has worked in corporate development, strategy and marketing positions in the domain name registry industry since 2000. Prior to that, Melinda worked in the telecommunications and satellite industries, and taught communications strategy for Johns Hopkins University. While managing a private consulting company, Melinda first started working with Afilias in 2007 to support the expansion of nTLDs and the capture and launch of the .au ccTLD. As Vice President of Strategy, Melinda will focus on TLD growth, new product development, and coordination of policy and civil society engagement and leadership. Melinda represents Afilias on the Board of Directors of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (“i2C”). She is based in the Washington D.C. area.
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