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Donuts
Inc.,
the world's largest operator
of new gTLD registries with
nearly 200 domain extensions
in their portfolio (.media,
.photography and .life are just a
few examples), announced some key
changes in their management suite
today. Co-Founder and CEO
Paul Stahura (who was
profiled in our July 2015 Cover
Story) decided to turn
his CEO duties over to Bruce
Jaffe, who has been serving as a
Consultant and member of the Board
of Directors.
The
move allows Stahura to move into a
different full-time role as Executive
Chairman that will allow him to
focus on long-term strategy and
innovation, including mergers and
acquisitions, new business models
and partnerships with companies who
are finding new utility for the DNS.
Stahura,
who is the company's second
largest shareholder, has been
CEO since Donuts' formation in
2010. In Jaffe he is
confident that he picked the
right successor. "Bruce's
deep operational experiences
in the corporate environment,
coupled with his enthusiasm
for strategy and scaling high
growth businesses make him an
impeccable fit for
Donuts," Stahura said.
Jaffe,
who serves on several public and
private boards, has been an active
technology investor, consultant and
advisor. He previously held a
variety of executive positions at
Microsoft, most recently leading
its corporate development
group where he directed some of the
company's largest transactions and
strategic initiatives.
Jaffe
said, "I'm very excited to join
Donuts. Our founding executives, and
in fact the entire Donuts team,
represent the best and brightest in
the industry. We've had tremendous
success since our founding, helping
shape an industry where new domain
names grew by more than 200%
in 2016, now totaling more than
27 million."
The
new roles for Stahura and Jaffe
weren't the only changes the company
announced today. They also revealed
that John "JP" Pollard,
a global cloud-services veteran and
serial entrepreneur, has stepped
into the newly created role of
Chief Revenue Officer. Pollard is
responsible for managing the sales,
business development, marketing and
public relations teams and will
report directly to Jaffe.
Prior
to joining Donuts, Pollard held
various roles with Microsoft
before leading the international
expansion of Expedia. He
later co-founded and was CEO of Jott
Networks, a mobile phone voice
service and application acquired by Nuance
in June 2009. He was also co-founder
and CEO of Elemental Foundry,
acquired by Porch in 2014.
Pollard has served as CEO In
Residence at Madrona Venture Labs,
as a board advisor for React
Mobile, and hosts the @techvitamin
podcast.
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Executive
Chairman Paul Stahura
 CEO
Bruce Jaffe
Chief
Revenue Officer John Pollard
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