RONALD SCHWAERZLER

Ronald Schwaerzler is well-respected in Austrian Internet, broadcasting and business circles, having served as founding chief executive of the online divisions of the country’s biggest newspapers and online director of the Austrian broadcasting corporation, ORF.

His considerable experience is now helping shape the new Top Level Domain landscape in Europe through his management of the three geoTLDs of .WIEN, .KOELN, .COLOGNE. Each of these three cityTLDs promotes the digital identity of the city and its culture on the Internet. As a consequence, Ronald is also serving in the ExCom of the geoTLD.group, a not-for-profit membership association, representing the interests of geographic top-level domains identifying a city, region, language or culture.