ICA Board Members

Board Member – Mason Cole, Vice President of Communications and Industry Relations, Oversee.net. He directs public relations for the company and its operating divisions and is responsible for Oversee’s relationships with ICANN, trade associations, and partner companies. He directs the company’s intellectual property efforts and has successfully secured eight patents in the United States, Canada and China. He joined SnapNames in 2001 as Vice President of Marketing and was editor and publisher of the respected State of the Domain industry analysis newsletter. His previous experience includes marketing and public relations responsibilities in both agency and corporate roles, most notably in the financial services and technology industries. Mason began his professional career on the Washington staff of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson.

Board Member – Ron Jackson, Editor, DNJournal.com Ron Jackson began his media career as News Director of an Ohio radio station then moved on to TV where he spent 17 years as a news and sports anchor/reporter at ABC and CBS TV stations in Florida. An entrepreneur at heart, Ron started his own business in 1989 when he opened a successful record store with a worldwide music mail order division. During this time he discovered the power of the Internet when he was able to replace expensive magazine ads with a website in 1997. Business exploded while his advertising costs dropped to a fraction of what they had been before.

A few years later, when file sharing and downloading began wiping out independent music retailers, Jackson saw a new opportunity in the medium that was making his business obsolete - the Internet. He entered the domain business in 2002 and as he began acquiring domains he was surprised to find that this fascinating industry did not have its own trade magazine. Ron filled that void by debuting DNJournal.com on New Year’s Day 2003. The unique combination of professional writing with his insider’s perspective resulted in a widely read publication that is now regarded as one of the institutions in the domain industry. When mainstream media outlets want to know what is happening in the domain business, they call DN Journal. The online magazine has been featured in Forbes and Newsweek magazines, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the New York Times and many other publications. Ron is also an active domain owner himself. With a portfolio of more than 7,000 domains he is the only professional journalist who has intimate knowledge of how this industry works as well as direct contacts with many of the pioneers who built it.

Board Member – Jeremiah Johnston, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, Sedo.com Jeremiah Johnston began his career with Sedo in 2004 as General Counsel, helping the company keep a step ahead of the domain industry's ever-changing legal landscape. Now serving in the joint role of General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, Johnston oversees a variety of responsibilities for Sedo and helps lead its push into the North American market. Johnston represents Sedo as a founding member of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) and sits on the Board of Directors, helping to shape the future of domain names in the political space.

With more than seven years of experience leading Internet-related companies and an academic background that focused on international intellectual property, Johnston has helped Sedo identify opportunities and risks while always keeping an eye on the horizon. Johnston holds a BS in Mass Communication from the University of Utah (USA) and a Juris Doctor degree from the Suffolk University School of Law (USA) where he completed a concentration with distinction in international law and intellectual property while taking time to study in Lund, Sweden and serving as the Managing Editor of the Journal of High Technology Law.

Board Member - Philip Reynolds, General Manager, Thought Convergence Reynolds is responsible for the management and oversight of the company’s day-to-day operations, and participates in strategic planning for its TrafficZ, LeaseThis.com and Idea.net divisions. In addition to his managerial duties, Reynolds serves as an in-house counsel and advises the company on various bodies of law, including intellectual property, corporate and contract. Through his tenure at Thought Convergence, Reynolds has developed a deep understanding of the unique position of domain asset holders and the critical importance of securing and protecting their rights. As a member of the Internet Commerce Association Board of Directors, Reynolds is working to protect and promote the interests of the domain name community and seeks to influence the fledgling body of laws and regulations that govern the industry. Reynolds earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with honors and distinction in major, from the University of California, Santa Barbara and holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

ICA Staff

Counsel – Philip S. Corwin, Partner, Butera & Andrews, a Washington, DC law and lobbying firm With more than thirty years of federal legislative experience, Mr Corwin’s practice is focused on the dynamically evolving law of electronic commerce and intellectual property. His clients have included the Information Technology Association of America, First Virtual Holdings, PenOp, MP3.com, CenterSpan Communications, Sharman Networks Limited (Kazaa), and the Internet Commerce Association. Prior to joining Butera & Andrews, Mr. Corwin was a government relations Director at the American Bankers Association and a member of the United States Senate professional staff.

Mr. Corwin has been a guest on numerous television and radio public affairs and business programs. He has also discussed and debated copyright and other legal issues affecting digital media delivery at law and technology conferences, and has lectured on technology-related legislative and regulatory initiatives at such forums as Glasser Legalworks’ E-Commerce Law School and the Practicing Law Institute’s Internet Law Institute, as well as at programs of the American Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar. In December 2006 he participated as a speaker at a workshop on domain name “tasting” at the Sao Paulo, Brazil meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Mr. Corwin is an active member of several American Bar Association Committees. He serves as Chairman of the Business Law Section’s Committee on Legislation and as the Washington Liaison for the Science and Technology Section, and was Legislative Reporter for the Business Law Section's Cyberspace Law Committee.

Mr. Corwin received his B.A. in Government from Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and his JD from Boston College Law School. He is a member of the Bar in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.