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Owen Smigelski is an American expert in domain name policy and compliance. He serves as Head of ICANN Compliance & Relations at Namecheap and was elected Chair of ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) in late 2024. Previously, he was Director of Contractual Compliance at ICANN, where he oversaw registrar compliance and DNS abuse mitigation. Smigelski is also an intellectual property attorney with a background in trademark law.
Owen Smigelski has been leading ICANN Compliance & Relations at Namecheap, since 2018. At Namecheap, he plays an active role in the ICANN Community and policy groups, and currently serves as the Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG). Before joining Namecheap, Owen Smigelski worked at ICANN's Contractual Compliance for seven years, overseeing registrar compliance. Prior to his time at ICANN, he spent ten years as a trademark attorney and became involved with ICANN in 2007 on behalf of INTA and the IPC.
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