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Art Shaw

CEO, Epic Media Group

With over 20 years of experience in building companies to become leaders in their industries, Art is responsible for the company's strategic vision and day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Epic Media Group, he served as the CEO of VendareNetblue, the union of Vendare Media and Netblue. Art also was President and CEO of myCFO. Under his direction, myCFO grew to more than 300 employees while achieving the #1 rating from Bloomberg Wealth Manager for two consecutive years. Previously, Art was at Charles Schwab where he launched www.schwab.com and helped grow it to more than $1 billion in revenue.

Bas van den Beld

Owner, NetTraject.nl and StateOfSearch.com

Twitter: @basvandenbeld

Bas van den Beld is a search and social expert, trainer, and well-respected blogger. Bas is well informed about what’s going on in the world of Internet and search marketing worldwide and especially Europe. Bas is the owner of Stateofsearch.com. He is also the owner of NetTraject, a Dutch company that advises on international search matters and provides training in search engine marketing and project management. Next to being a search expert Bas is currently the "Social Marketing Ambassador" for the Dutch Direct Marketing Association in which role he helps make the gap between experts and businesses smaller. Bas is also a regular speaker on different marketing and search events. He’s also host of several podcasts, including a weekly show on a WebmasterRadio.FM. Bas also publishes on his personal blog, www.basvandenbeld.com.

Christian Kerschbaum

Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), SPR Rechtsanwaelte

Christian Kerschbaum's legal background focuses strongly on German and international internet- and domain law ever since he has finished law school. Before starting to work for SPR Rechtsanwaelte as a lawyer he was the shareholding director of an online media company. During that time he attended clients like the Krones AG (global market leader in PET-bottling and packaging) as well as taking care of the company's server farm (Linux Debian) and domain portfolio. After selling his shares, he developed his own domain portfolio, which amounts to several thousand domain names, focusing on legal keywords. Having that technical and practical background gives him a better insight in the legal needs of his clients.

Christoph Grueneberg

Co-Founder, DomainvermarkterForum

Christoph is the Co-Founder of the DomainvermarkterForum, Germany's largest domain conference that took place for the first time in 2006. In addition, he is Founder and Chief Editor of the printed "Domainvermarkter-Magazin", the only German domain industry magazine. Christoph is also the Managing Director of Domainvermarkter Ltd. & CO. Kg which is a member of the German DENIC-Registry. He started his first internet-company in 1997 and has been a domain investor since 2003. He holds a diploma in economics from a German University. With his partner Thomas Mueller, he founded the SALE Onlinemarkting GmbH which is developing the domain sale.de. This year Domainvermarkter started „DomContent“ (www.domcontent.com), a new system for Mass Domain Development and Monetization.

Craig Snyder

General Manager, Registrar and Aftermarket, Oversee.net

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

CEO and Founder, ddfund.eu

Twitter: @DanielDryzek

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).

David Hauser

Senior Vice President, Product, Marketing and Portfolio Management, NameMedia

David Hauser is Senior Vice President, Product, Marketing and Portfolio Management of NameMedia. Before joining NameMedia, David was a member of the management team at DirectoryM, a leading online provider of private-label business-to-business directories. Prior to DirectoryM, David was a Vice President of the Global Access Group at IDC, the premier provider of market intelligence for the information technology and technology markets. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from Boston College.

Florian Stelzner

SEO Consultant, TRG - The Reach 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 Schiwek

Managing Director and Founder, DomainInvest (DI SA)

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

Owner, Pidom BV

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

Jan Bednar

Senior PPC Specialist, Ataxo

For the past three years, Jan has been working as senior PPC specialist with Ataxo, a search marketing agency located in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. He is responsible for the PPC team that is dedicated to Ataxo’s premium clients as well as for PPC outsourcing projects that serve clients such as the Yellow Pages. His expertise is not only PPC marketing, but also web analytics and SEO.

Jeff Kupietzky

CEO and President, Oversee.net

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.

Jeremy Copp

Vice President, Mobile, Europe, comScore Inc.

Jeremy Copp has been Vice President of Mobile for Europe of comScore, Inc. since March 2010. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Rapid Mobile Media Ltd. Jeremy has over 17 years of engineering, marketing and business development experience focused specifically on the wireless, hardware and software design and system integration businesses. He has a broad knowledge of the wireless and computing industries, as well as strategic relationships built at all levels within world-leading organizations - not to mention, extensive experience of software licensing, marketing and business strategy.

John Berryhill

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.

Matej Novak

Account Director, Ogilvy Interactive

Matěj’s team is responsible for Ogilvy Interactive’s most important clients including Nestlé, ČSOB and Coca-Cola. Previously, he was head of the SEO department and a search strategist at Ataxo, the largest SEM Company in Central and Eastern Europe. From 2009-2010 he was a member of the search marketing committee of SPIR (Czech IAB). Matěj is an experienced team leader with deep expertise in organic and paid search, web analytics and social media marketing.

Monte Cahn

Founder, Moniker.com

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.

Paul Keating

Paul Keating has been practicing law since 1983. He was an equity partner at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, a 93-attorney firm where he was responsible for their business, taxation, and IP group. In 2004, he relocated to Barcelona, Spain and has since begun Renova Ltd., a new rapidly growing law firm. Renova represents a select group of businesses and individuals, including virtually all of his former CB&M clients. Paul’s practice emphasizes intellectual property, transactions, liability structuring, international tax planning, and finance. He continues to represent domain portfolio holders and registrars on all matters related to their activities, including business structure, taxes, financing, licensing, and IP transfers as well as UDRPs and related litigation.

Peter Celeste

Senior Vice President and General Manager - DomainSponsor, Oversee.net

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.

Ralf Hein

Managing Director, nonstopConsulting

Ralf Hein is a longtime affiliate and performance marketing consultant. With his experience dating back more than 9 years, he is one of the most acknowledged experts for affiliate marketing in Germany. Since 2006 Ralf Hein is chairman of the affiliate marketing interest group of the German industy association BVDW. He holds an degree in engineering and teaches affiliate marketing at marketing schools.

Currently Ralf Hein is partner and managing director at nonstopConsulting, a Munich based consultancy for performance marketing. In this role he advices big brand name companies on their affiliate marketing strategies.

Sergey Gorbunov

Senior PR Manager, RU-CENTER

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 Bindl

Founder and CEO, Refined Labs

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.