I founded it.com Domains to be a reflection of the business ethics I have always stayed true to throughout my career: loyalty and trust. As CEO, I have extensive domestic and international experience in the IT industry. Along with my talented and energetic team, we are dedicated to doing everything we can to support you in achieving your business goals.
To say I am rather busy running the company and spending time with family is an understatement but I am something of an amateur radio buff and enjoy spending some downtime on the radio waves too!
I’ve been in the industry a long time - a VP at 101domain, Channel Director with Afilias, and I was also the General Manager for North American Markets at CentralNic. In 2012, I helped write 60 successful new gTLD applications including .xyz, .club, & .app, and it’s now great to be here at it.com helping organisations of all shapes and sizes with their domain needs!
Little Known Facts: My mascot is Snoopy and I love searching for treasures in used book stores.
I live in sunny Arizona, often hiking the local mountains. I’ve been in the domain industry since 2006, and specialise in sales, consultancy and business development, from startups to enterprise organisations. What I value most is growing the community, building long-term trusted relationships focused on developing and executing winning strategies and partnerships.
I’m a veteran of the domain industry, both on the Registry and Registrar side of things. Over the years, I’ve been active across the web-hosting, telco, ISP & website building technology marketplaces across EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
A little-known fact is that I am also a novelist at night.
I am a strategic business development professional driving performance with data-based insights. I am proud to use my leadership skills, organisational mindset, and creative thinking here at it.com Domains.
A little-known fact is that I am also a professional musician.
I’m an experienced B2B and B2C sales professional and enjoy leading cross-functional teams and seeing the sales process through from beginning to end.
I really enjoy managing key account relationships and just happen to be quite a good cook too. It just so happens that I was a professional chef in a previous life, a long time ago!
I am a techie at heart and focused on the technological goals of it.com Domains. I truly believe in the transformational power technology has to make our world a better place, creating more opportunity for all.
I’ve been in the domain name industry since 2007 and have an extensive experience in global product management, customer and vendor relations. I’m keen on building strategic partnerships worldwide that help businesses grow.
Apart from my job, I am a loving dad, a passionate traveler (40+ countries visited and counting) and a road cyclist, too.
I’m based out of Dubai, UAE. My day job is running a large locally accredited domain registrar & web hosting company that caters to clients all over the world, but with a focus on the MENA region. I enjoy sharing my knowledge by speaking at many prominent industry events such as MEDNS Forum, APTLD, ICANN & Affiliate World Summit.
I built my first website in 1999 and have been solving digital challenges for clients with trust and a personalized touch. I live in the UK, am the founder of a hosting company HostMaria.com and Domain Summit, Europe’s premier B2B domain event. Apart from this, I also own popular domain industry forums like DNForum.com and AcornDomains.co.uk.
What moves me: black coffee, indoor plants and honest, positive partnerships.