Tucows Appoints Joichi Ito to its Board of Directors

Posted on December 16th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

Tucows Inc., a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, yesterday announced that they have appointed Joichi Ito to the Board of Directors of the Company.

“We are honoured to have one of the most influential leaders in the global Internet community join our Board,” said Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows. “Mr. Ito brings to Tucows a unique understanding of the Internet’s impact on business and society. We look forward to his strategic guidance and counsel.”

“Tucows is a true pioneer in the domain name and Internet services space,” said Joi Ito. “I look forward to participating in my role as a member of Tucows’ Board of Directors as the Company continues to innovate and grow.”

Mr. Ito is currently the CEO of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization devoted to information sharing initiatives for creative works, Neoteny Co. Ltd, a venture capital firm investing in Internet technologies and services, and Kula Co., Ltd., an internet software company. Mr. Ito is the Chairman of Six Apart Japan, a weblog software company; and serves as Director on numerous Boards including, Technorati, the preeminent search engine for blogs, Digital Garage, and Machinima.com. He also serves on the Board of The Mozilla Foundation.

Mr. Ito has founded or co-founded several Internet companies, including PSINet Japan, Digital Garage and Infoseek Japan. He has served on the board of ICANN and continues to serve on various Japanese central and local government committees and boards, advising on IT, privacy and computer security related issues. Mr. Ito has been recognized by numerous publications as an influential Internet leader. Most recently, Mr. Ito was named by BusinessWeek as one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web for 2008.