Andrew Bennett

Current

• Internet Consultant at Whois-Search.com

Past

• PAB Member at Nominet UK
• Domains Manager at GX Networks Ltd
• Web Developer at Burton College

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Education

• Staffordshire University
• Staffordshire University

Connections

164 connections

Industry

Internet

Andrew Bennett’s Summary

Andrew Bennett’s Specialties:

Domain Names, Policy, Marketing, Product Management

Andrew Bennett’s Experience

• Internet Consultant

  Whois-Search.com

  (Internet industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years )

  Internet Consultant – (Web development consultant & domainer).
  I provide domain name consultancy advice and hosting/registrar services. Clients include FMA.com, KoiCarp.com, ClaireNicole.com, GreenPod.co.uk. I am also very active amongst the UK domain industry and frequently attend ‘domainer’ events and follow domain forums & mailing lists.

• PAB Member

  Nominet UK

  (Non-Profit; Internet industry)

  March 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 1 month)

  I was elected to the Nominet Policy Advisory Body (PAB) in March 2007 for two years: www.nic.uk/policy/pab/

• Domains Manager

  GX Networks Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  November 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Domains Manager - (Product manager for domain name related products). Whilst working for the largest domain registrar and hosting provider in the UK, I successfully helped launch a number of products including: new country code top level domains (cctlds), whois privacy service and a new domain name control panel on Webfusion.com (US site). I also managed the companies 2 million domain name portfolio and dealt with registries and key suppliers on a daily basis.

• Web Developer

  Burton College

  (E-Learning industry)

  August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  Web developer – (College web developer and VLE coordinator).
  I developed and trained college staff to use the college virtual leaning
  environment. I also from scratch designed and developed a brand new college website which is still online today: www.burton-college.ac.uk

Andrew Bennett’s Education

• Staffordshire University

  MA , Interactive Multimedia , 2006 — 2008

• Staffordshire University

  BSc Hons , Multimedia Computing , 2002 — 2006

  Dissertation: “elearning.co.uk - A web based content management system (CMS) template that can be used by lecturers/teachers as a 'staff homepage' to aid e-learning”. Grade: 2.1 hons.

Additional Information

Andrew Bennett’s Interests:

Fishing, restaurants, new technology.

Andrew Bennett’s Groups:

Domain Industry, Nominet, Hosting,

•    DNForum.com DNF Domainers Group
•    Hosting Industry
•    Nominet Community

Andrew Bennett’s Honors:

SPEED scheme 2006 (Student placement for entrepreneurs in education), Staffordshire University.

Andrew Bennett’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
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