DOMAINfest Europe Prague: Meet The Experts

Craig Snyder is the General Manager of Oversee.net’s Registrar and Aftermarket division. He is responsible for management and growth of the company’s SnapNames and Moniker business units. Craig was CEO of Internet REIT and has held senior leadership positions at internet companies Marchex, InfoSpace and Go2Net. Prior to his technology career, Craig was a Managing Director at Citibank and a Territory Director at the Pepsi Cola Company. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy.

Daniel Dryzek is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of ddfund.eu - a domain development fund. Daniel has worked in the domain industry for 10 years. His plan is to build a multi-service ccTLD conglomerate in Europe to include a domain fund, auctions, brokerage, appraisals, domain marketplace and registrar. Daniel is also co-organizer of MeetDomainers - a successful event for domain investors and Internet entrepreneurs organized in Poland. Prior to ddfund.eu, Daniel owned a domain registrar and hosting company (sold in 2005 to Active 24 group).

Florian Stelzner breathes search engine optimization (SEO). Not only is he a professional SEO consultant in one of the most emerging SEO agencies in Germany, called TRG - The Reach Group, he lives SEO 24/7. Florian loves speaking at conferences, sharing knowledge, debating on “how-to” strategies and holding workshops at important conferences such as SMX, eMetrics, SEOCampixx and of course DOMAINfest Europe. Working in Online for over 10 years now, Florian Stelzner has worked with some very interesting companies such as Beate Uhse, Immonet and Europe’s leading social business network XING where he was personally responsible for the strategic planning of all SEO measures. With his motto "Every employee does SEO every day," he wants to inspire people to explore SEO. No matter if your question is regarding the beginner’s playground, the next cool link bait or expired domain issues, be sure to grab Florian for a chat.

Frederick, 36, is one of the founders of Domain Invest. He began his computer carrier by publishing a Computer-Magazine for Commodore 64 users when he was 14 years old. He worked as a Turbo C and C++ Program Developer from the age of 16 years on, while attending the Higher Economic School in Germany. His professional working experience started with PM-International, where he gained experience in direct sales and online marketing over a 5-year period, in a number of leading positions. He joined Netline S.A., a Luxembourg ISP in 2001, where he spent 3 years as International Business Development Manager, distributing ISP Products. Frederick joined Xavier Buck and Marco Houwen to develop EuroDNS' international business. He has been responsible for finding and developing strong Partners as suppliers and Resellers, and for leading the company's Sales force. Later in 2007 the idea of Domain Invest was born and became one of the leading European domain companies.

Hennie Groot Lipman is a domain investor from the Netherlands. He holds an MSc in IT and started his professional career by setting up a software company and contracting as an IT consultant.
In 2001 he started  investing in .Info domains and soon was market leader with these. This experience with new domain rollouts was later used to become the worlds largest trader in .mobi domains and a major player with rollouts of numeric .nl domain and short .de domains.

On an ongoing basis, the major focus of his investments is on ccTLD domains: Dutch domains, Belgium domains and several other countries. His company Pidom BV is a registrar for .nl domains, and a proud owner of NL.com

Jeff Kupietzky is Chief Executive Officer and President of Oversee.net.  Jeff joined Oversee as Executive Vice President, leading the growth of the domain services division, expanding into the aftermarket business, and building Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest. Prior to that, Jeff spent 10 years in executive positions in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies, including Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle). He has an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University.

John Berryhill, Ph.D., Esq. has represented domain name registrants and trademark claimants in numerous UDRP proceedings and federal court proceedings.  John has been a long-time advocate for the rights of domain registrants in ICANN working groups and task forces relating to intellectual property and other domain policy issues, and is a representative in the Registrar Constituency.  Having earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, John maintains a “nerds-eye-view” of issues affecting technology and media companies interested in securing and defending their rights in cyberspace.

Monte Cahn is the Founder of Moniker.com, a top 10 registrar and the leading provider of domain brokerage, appraisal, and escrow services for over 10 years. He has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare, high-technology and Internet fields. Monte has also owned several businesses and significantly contributed to the successful initial public offerings of Pyxis Corporation and MedicaLogic, Inc. Monte graduated from University of Kentucky with degrees in marketing, biology, and business administration.

Peter Celeste heads Oversee's Monetization Services division, responsible for operations of DomainSponsor, Oversee's Owned and Operated portfolio, and the company's International expansion efforts. Prior to joining Oversee in 2008, Peter was GM of MyCorporation, an online incorporation business in Intuit's small business division. He was also Regional General Manager for Yahoo!'s Search and Search Marketing business in the Americas, a regionally-based organization providing search services in five countries to more than 50 distribution partners and nearly 20,000 marketers. Prior to Yahoo! Search and Search Marketing, Peter spent five years in sales management. He received his MBA in International Management from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management.

Sergey Gorbunov is the Senior PR Manager for RU-CENTER - the biggest registrar in Russia and CIS. Sergey has worked for RU-CENTER since 2007, promoting the company's services abroad and coordinating PR activities with its foreign partners.

Thomas is Founder and CEO of Refined Labs, as well as author for various publications and books, Advisory Board Member at Search Engine Strategies and speaker at industry-leading events worldwide. He has been active in the Search Industry for over a decade. Voted one of the top 50 Internet people of 2007 by Internet World Business, Thomas founded Refined Labs in early 2007 to develop a next-generation online marketing toolbox with a focus on cross-channel and cross-campaign optimization, as well as leading SEM bid management. The focus is on corporate PPC spenders as well as agencies across Europe with data integrations from Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft adCenter, Omniture SiteCatalyst, affili.net, Zanox as well as many other systems. Refined Ads is, only 20 months after launch, considered as a leading solution in multiple central European countries.