Kurt Pritz

Senior Vice President Stakeholder Relations, ICANN

In seven years at ICANN, Kurt Pritz has been responsible for nearly every function in the organization. He is presently Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Relations, responsible for ensuring the robustness and growth of the multi-stakeholder, bottom-up policy development model and for ICANN's key stakeholder relationships. Kurt also leads ICANN's implementation of the new gTLD program. He delivered the first new gTLD planning document in 2004, and coordinated multiple open public consultations culminating in the Board’s decision to launch the new gTLD program.

Prior to joining ICANN, Kurt spent nearly a decade at Walt Disney Imagineering as Vice President, Engineering & Production. Kurt also served Eaton Corporation for ten years, responsible for manufacturing plant start-ups in aerospace and electronics. Kurt holds a BS and MS in Physics, an MBA and a JD and is admitted to the California State Bar.