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Stephen
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Development. Douglas was the
executive producer of the 2007
Domain Roundtable conference in Seattle
and has also served as the senior domain consultant to
both BulkRegister and SnapNames as well as
an adviser to GoDaddy and DomainHop.
WhyPark President Craig
Rowe said, "We’re excited to have Stephen on
board. He brings an incredible amount of industry
expertise, and his energy and passion for the business is
contagious. Stephen’s refreshing approach challenges the
status quo. We look forward to his contributions as we
continue to launch new services and enhancements.”
Douglas, who said he began
investing in domain names in the mid 1990's added, “I
like pushing outside the space to find much-needed
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with WhyPark. Their
innovative domain-building system is absolutely essential
for today’s domain investors. I’ve wanted for years to
find an inexpensive solution to build out my domains with
relevant, index-friendly content. When I saw that
WhyPark’s system does this easily and with little
expense, I was hooked."
As WhyPark’s VP of Business
Development, Douglas will manage large domain portfolio
programs and strategic partnerships ad well as lead
general marketing programs and analysis.
Sedo.com
has also welcomed a new member to their management team
with former Oversee.net executive Sam Nunez
coming on board as Vice President of Product Management.
Sedo said Nunez will manage the product roadmap for the
Sedo online marketplace, define marketing requirements and
feature changes and drive their execution.
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Sam Nunez
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Sedo CEO Tim
Schumacher said, “A well known insider within
the domain industry, Mr. Nunez is an excellent
addition to the Sedo team. His extensive, global
expertise will help Sedo to enhance its leadership
position and expand the company’s product
offerings.”
Nunez, who holds an M.S. degree in Computer Engineering
from Ecole Centrale in Paris, as well
as an MBA from U.C. Berkeley, added "I
look forward to helping Sedo strengthen its market
position in the global domain name marketplace. Sedo
will continue to leverage its tremendous success
with online auctions, as it extends other services
such as live auctions, globally.”
At Oversee.net Nunez
was in charge of product |
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management for
Domain Sponsor. Prior to Oversee.net, he worked
at Ask.com as Group Product Manager for
Search Personalization and Platforms and at Silicon
Graphics, where he launched, among other things,
the company's first online store in 1998.
(Posted
August
27,
2008) |
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