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Domain
Industry Champion Jeremiah Johnston Leaves COO Role at
Sedo to Open His Own Legal Practice - Will Continue as
Their General Counsel
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While
I was away
on
a trip
to the Silicon Valley this past
week, Sedo announced that Jeremiah
Johnston has stepped down as the company's Chief
Operating Officer. Jeremiah,
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Jeremiah
Johnston
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who
is also an attorney, will be using his
e-commerce and intellectual property expertise
to launch his own legal practice and will
also continue to serve as Sedo’s General
Counsel and will remain a close advisor to
Sedo management. I've
know Jeremiah for several years now and served
with him on the Board of Directors of the Internet
Commerce Association (which he leads
as the ICA President) so I have had many
opportunities to see how he operates personally
and professionally. I can tell you he is one of
the most impressive people I have met in
this business and I have no doubt he will be
immensely successful running his own shop,
while remaining a huge asset to Sedo in his
ongoing role as their General Counsel. In
announcing Johnston's new venture, Sedo spokesman
Daniel Le Ray said, "Since joining
Sedo in 2004,
Johnston has been instrumental in helping the
Company keep a step ahead of the domain |
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industry’s
ever-changing legal and business landscape. With
more than a decade of experience leading
Internet-related companies and an academic
background focused on international intellectual
property, Johnston has helped Sedo identify
significant opportunities and risks while championing
the growth of the domain industry."
That
latter point has been especially important
and few people know how much effort Jeremiah put
into spreading the word about the value of a
good domain name to businesses that want to improve
their chances for success online. He has done
countless interviews with mainstream business
media outlets and in many cases Jeremiah was the
person who got those outlets to write about
domains in the first place.
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Sedo
CEO Tim Schumacher noted, "Jeremiah’s
leadership and legal expertise has been
a valuable part of establishing Sedo as
a trusted partner and advisor in the
domain marketplace. We look forward to
continuing our longstanding relationship
and building on the success we have
experienced under Jeremiah’s
guidance.”
Johnston
himself added this - "With
the growing awareness about the
importance of domains, the launch of new
gTLDs and growing debate over internet
regulations, it is an exciting time
for IP law. I am thrilled to have
the opportunity to continue my work with
a company I truly believe in, while
taking advantage of an important
opportunity to dive more deeply into
issues that are affecting the Internet
on a much broader scale.”
We
certainly wish him the best in his new
venture and in his continuing roles with
Sedo and the ICA. |
Sedo
CEO Tim Schumacher |
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(Posted Aug.
12, 2011)
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