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santa cruz , california los angeles , california 363px -lsb- http://www.cavebear.com/ personal website -rsb- american cto , interworking labs karl auerbach
 27 december 1949 chris wellens , ceo of interworking labs united states karl auerbach.jpg interworking labs karl auerbach cto uc berkeley , loyola law school
karl auerbach

karl auerbach -lrb- born december 27 , 1949 in los angeles , california -rrb- is a california attorney and internet protocol engineer who made many significant contributions to the development of the internet , internet governance and the commercialization of many internet technologies .
mr. auerbach is also known for suing the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers -lrb- icann -rrb- -- of which he was an elected board member -- for refusing to share corporate records in 2002 .
icann controls the assignment of domain names and ip addresses .
