ICANN COO Doug Brent Steps Down
Doug Brent, Picture From ICANN's website
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Doug Brent, Picture From ICANN's website
As just announced on the ICANN blog, ICANN COO Doug Brent will be stepping down from his job at the end of July 2010. He has been with ICANN the beginning of 2007. The non profit has started the recruiting process for a successor.
He explains his decision as follows:
While my engagement in the work of ICANN has made this a difficult decision, the reasons I am leaving are simple. I accepted my role with ICANN in December 2006 with the expectation that I’d commute the 300 miles to Los Angeles four days a week. I did that for twenty months, after which I chose to relocate to Los Angeles – both to do a better job for ICANN, and to see my wife of 27 years every once and a while :-) . After relocating for what will be more than two years, and much family discussion, we’ve determined that our life is not in Los Angeles.
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Patrick Ruddell aka Chef Patrick Joins Moniker’s Brokerage Team
DNN learned earlier today that our friend Patrick Ruddell (of ChefPatrick.com seen to the left in his “domainer NASCAR shirt”at DomainFest) had joined Moniker as a domain name sales specialist. Oversee confirmed this today with an announcement sent to all the domain blogs.
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DNN learned earlier today that our friend Patrick Ruddell (of ChefPatrick.com seen to the left in his “domainer NASCAR shirt”at DomainFest) had joined Moniker as a domain name sales specialist. Oversee confirmed this today with an announcement sent to all the domain blogs.
We talked to Patrick earlier today on the phone about his plans. At the time was getting his passport to join the Moniker crew at the IGaming Super Show in Prague where Moniker is holding a gambling domain auction. Patrick plans to continue blogging on his site and looks forward to this new position. He’s also moving again. This time down to the Ft Lauderdale area from Orlando
Oversee stated in the announcement “Patrick is a longtime entrepreneur and has been active for several years now in the domain name industry, and has had a strong interest in brokerage. By joining with Oversee, Patrick can put his interest to work with the backing of the industry’s top service provider. We’re very pleased to have him join us.”
According to DomainNameWire, Patrick will also be joining Vctor Pitts as co-host on Domain Masters on Webmaster Radio.
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Mark Klein Joins Tucows as Director of Business Development
Mark Klein (on the left, pictured with Darren Cleveland of Recall Media Group at DomainFest Global 2009), has rejoined his former employer Tucows after being Sedo’s Director of Business Development for a little over three years. He joins Tucows with the same title.
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Mark Klein (on the left, pictured with Darren Cleveland of Recall Media Group at DomainFest Global 2009), has rejoined his former employer Tucows after being Sedo’s Director of Business Development for a little over three years. He joins Tucows with the same title.
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David Olive joins ICANN as VP Policy Development Support
ICANN has named David Olive Vice President of Policy Development Support. Olive ends his 20 year tenure at Fujitsu where he most recently was General Manager and Chief Corporate Representative in the Washington office and will join ICANN on February 15th, 2010. He has also served as a member of the Commercial Board of Directors of TechAmerica and as the Public Policy Chairman for the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA), a consortium of over 70 information technology industry associations from economies around the world.
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ICANN has named David Olive Vice President of Policy Development Support. Olive ends his 20 year tenure at Fujitsu where he most recently was General Manager and Chief Corporate Representative in the Washington office and will join ICANN on February 15th, 2010. He has also served as a member of the Commercial Board of Directors of TechAmerica and as the Public Policy Chairman for the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA), a consortium of over 70 information technology industry associations from economies around the world.
“ICANN is undoubtedly one of the most important entities on the globe in terms of Internet governance,” said Olive. “So it’s exciting to land in a position, where I can exercise my passion for foreign affairs while exploiting my experience in technology policy formation.”
“David’s skill sets are a perfect match for this position,” said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s CEO and President. “Our unique bottom-up policy formation model gives our international community an instrumental role in the development of ICANN’s policies. And while that translates into some amazing opportunities, it also creates some unique challenges, and there’s no doubt that with his demonstrated excellence in diplomacy and collaboration David is up to managing those challenges.”
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Adam Dicker leaves GoDaddy
Adam Dicker, former VP of Domain Aftermarket at GoDaddy has left the company according to a post on DNForum, a forum that is owned and operated by Dicker. According to his post he left GoDaddy on good terms and wants to use the gained time in order to focus on other projects. During his 2 year tenure with the company (Adam Dicker joined in July of 2007) he had also enabled the company to become a .CA accredited registrar. The company will continue their operations in Canada and is expecting even more growth in 2010.
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Adam Dicker, former VP of Domain Aftermarket at GoDaddy has left the company according to a post on DNForum, a forum that is owned and operated by Dicker. According to his post he left GoDaddy on good terms and wants to use the gained time in order to focus on other projects. During his 2 year tenure with the company (Adam Dicker joined in July of 2007) he had also enabled the company to become a .CA accredited registrar. The company will continue their operations in Canada and is expecting even more growth in 2010.
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Paul Stahura Leaving eNom and Demand Media After 12 Years
Paul Stahura (image from his facebook profile)
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Paul Stahura launched eNom in 1997 from an ISDN line in his garage in Redmond Washington. The company now is part of Demand Media and Paul was a CSO as well as a member of the board. After 12 years, he is now leaving the company. Here is what he writes on Facebook:
After much thought, and 12 years after founding eNom, I’ve decided to join the ranks of eNom alumni. Demand Media, the company I sold eNom to nearly four years ago, is a great company and will be even greater in the years to come. Truly “going big”… Huge. The board, the management team, the employees – everyone – our customers, our services, are top notch. Demand is still in the first innings, but its time for me to move on. I look forward to working with Demand in the future, just not as an employee, and to keeping in touch with you all. Very best of luck to everyone at eNom and Demand Media! So long for now, Paul
DNN wishes Paul all the best for his future plans.
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Domain Name Broker Christian Kalled Leaving Sedo
Domain name broker and “lead negotiator” for Sedo’s brokerage services, Christian Kalled announced on his facebook page today that he is no longer working for the company. Kalled was instrumental in some of the biggest deals that have been recorded at Sedo including the famous $3 million Vodka.com sale to Russian billionaire Roustam Tariko.
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Domain name broker and “lead negotiator” for Sedo’s brokerage services, Christian Kalled announced on his facebook page today that he is no longer working for the company. Kalled was instrumental in some of the biggest deals that have been recorded at Sedo including the famous $3 million Vodka.com sale to Russian billionaire Roustam Tariko.
We wish Christian well on his future ventures.
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Three New Members Added In Nominet’s Non-Executive Director Election
Nora Nanayakkara
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Nora Nanayakkara
Nominet announced last week that three new members - Clive Grace, Nora Nanayakkara, and Jonathan Robinson - were added to the board following an electoral vote.
Nora Nanayakkara is a notable member, having served as Sedo’s Business Development Director since November 2007 as well as being an elected member of Nominet’s Policy Advisory Body (PAB) since June 2008.
Clive Grace has served on a Corporate Governance Audit Committee for the Welsh Assembly Government and has been a member of numerous boards and councils since 1998 when she first chaired the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives.
Jonathan Robinson, the Chief Operating Officer of Netnames, has previously served as a Deputy Chairman on the Internet Council of Registrars (CORE) as well as the Director for NetBenefit. He also currently serves on the Board of Director for Afilias.
Nanayakkara has pledged to help Nominet by focusing on developing a strategy that reflects the realities of the .uk namespace, providing the board with rounded exposure to the wider stakeholder community, and implementing the governance changes needed to ensure that the .uk namespace remains a self-regulated hub for Britain’s online community. For more on Nanayakkara, check out her website at Nanayakkara.co.uk.
In total 455 members voted representing 16.41% of the electorate and 5,754,949 votes were cast which fulfills 63.90% of the possible number of votes.
[via Nominet]
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Dan Warner Sails From Dark Blue Sea
Dan Warner, one of the most public faces of Dark Blue Sea has left his position as COO of DBS (parent company of Fabulous.com). Warner had been with DBS for over 7 years.
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Dan Warner, one of the most public faces of Dark Blue Sea has left his position as COO of DBS (parent company of Fabulous.com). Warner had been with DBS for over 7 years.
Warner, probably best known for his in-depth data analysis and his leadership role at Fabulous.com, has been a featured speaker at many domain industry conferences. More recently, Warner and DBS introduced a new angle on the domain aftermarket with the Domain Distribution Network.
Dark Blue Sea announced key personnel changes just 2 months ago. CEO Richard Moore is stepping back from that position on July 1 . Moore announced he would not be seeking to renew his contract but would stay on board as a 1/2 time executive director. Dark Blue Sea CFO, Gregory Platz, will be taking over as CEO.
Warner told DNN, “DBS was a good company to work for and I think they are still Fabulous. It was just time for me to do something new. I’m focusing on projects of growth, development and innovation with active interests and roles in the domain channel. I’m diversifying into more active “hands on” development projects, and as a free agent I can consult and develop just about anything.”
We were happy to hear that Warner planned to stay involved in the domain space. Rumor has it that he will be actively blogging at DanWarner.com in the coming weeks. We hope to have him as a guest contributor to DNN in the future.
You can now contact Dan Warner at Dan@DanWarner.com and +61 414 789 50
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Dark Blue Sea CEO Richard Moore Steps Down
April 1st is always a day full of fun at DNN.com, but we were disappointed to read elsewhere about news at DomainNameWire which turned out not to be part of an April Fool’s joke. As per a company press release (PDF), Dark Blue Sea CEO Richard Moore has announced that he will be stepping down as CEO.
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April 1st is always a day full of fun at DNN.com, but we were disappointed to read elsewhere about news at DomainNameWire which turned out not to be part of an April Fool’s joke. As per a company press release (PDF), Dark Blue Sea CEO Richard Moore has announced that he will be stepping down as CEO.
Moore who has been CEO of DBS since 2001 will be stepping down from the position, but plans to stay involved with the company as an executive director on a 1/2 time basis. His roles will be to focus on corporate strategy and development, investor relations and high level relationship management with major partners, customers and suppliers.
Dark Blue Sea CFO Gregory Platz will be taking over the CEO position effective July 1st, 2009. Platz has worked with the company for 1o years and in fact helped Dean Shannon found the company back in 1999. Moore told us that Platz “knows everything about the (DBS) domain business.” Moore and the DBS board are very confident in Platz’s abilities to move the company forward.
We wish Richard and Dark Blue Sea the best during this transition.
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