Brian Cute named CEO of .org domain

The Public Interest Registry, which manages the .org domain, announced Friday that Brian Cute has been named chief executive officer.

"PIR's core mission is to serve the public interest and provide a safer, more secure Internet. Those primary values echo throughout Brian's work and general approach," said Maarten Botterman, chairman of PIR's board and interim CEO.

"As Chairman of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team at ICANN [Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers], Brian has constructively advanced the ongoing debate of getting the Internet industry to function more explicitly and effectively."

Cute has extensive experience in the domain name system (DNS) industry, having previously worked for Network Solutions as director of policy, and leading registry firm VeriSign as vice president of government relations until 2003.

Prior to joining PIR he served as vice president of discovery services for Afilias, a leading Internet infrastructure provider and the registry systems provider to PIR for the .org domain.

"I have long admired the work being accomplished by PIR and am eager to work alongside its team to promote and achieve a safer Internet as well as advance .org's position as a leading domain among registries, for registrars and as a trusted resource for Internet users," Cute said.