Brian Cute

Brian Cute is Vice President, Discovery Services for Afilias and has over 12 years experience in the Internet and communications industry.  Currently he is responsible for Afilias Discovery Services providing secure and selective visibility services to global supply chain participants.  Brian has been active in Internet of Things technology, policy and market development since 2005.     

His work in the Domain Name System includes registrar and registry experience leading initiatives on Wait List Service, private domain registrations, the elimination of BulkWHOIS, the .net RFP,  the .com contract approval as well as representing the private sector in the U.N. World Summit on the Information Society.  He has been active in the Domain Name System since 2003 having served as Director of Policy for Network Solutions and Vice President Government Relations at VeriSign prior to joining Afilias.

Brian began his career in the communications industry as a lawyer representing competitive telecommunication service providers and subsequently serving as Senior Counsel at Teleglobe Communications advising country managers on the expansion of Teleglobe's submarine cable, satellite and terrestrial network in Europe and Asia.