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Ron
Sheridan
moderating a panel
at the DOMAINfest Global Conference
last week in Hollywood, California |
The Thursday night party at
the Playboy Mansion created an especially big
buzz and DomainSponsor's Ron Sheridan - the
consummate Director of Business Development - was the
key figure in making that event happen. So, it came as a
surprise when Ron told me during the party that he would
be leaving his full-time post at Oversee.net (DomainSponsor's
parent) the next day. No formal announcement was made
because he will continue to consult for the company
while taking a much deserved break.
At DomainSponsor, Sheridan
played a pivotal role in the development of our
young industry. He supported every enterprise that he
felt would help the domain business and individual
domain owners flourish and, as a result, he generated a
ton of good will for his company along the way. When he
is ready to go back to work full time his reputation
should insure that he will have plenty of options to
choose from (he also personally owns some great domain
names and may decide to devote his time to developing
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Though
Sheridan has been the public face of DomainSponsor, he
has always been a team player, quick to credit others in
the company whenever DomainSponsor won kudos. I know he
would have preferred that his passing of the baton be
kept under the radar, but I can't let this moment pass
without giving him a big public Thank You for
everything he has done to push domain names onto center
stage. From that position they will continue to play
a lead role in the Internet-dominated new world that is
emerging before our eyes.
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With DOMAINfest
Global 2009 now history, attention turns to the
next event on the conference schedule, the first
Domainer
Mardi Gras Conference coming up the
19th-21st of this month in New Orleans.
I'm not even unpacking from the L.A. trip so I
will be ready to make the short hop across the
Gulf of Mexico from our base in Tampa to the Big
Easy.
There is still time
to register for the event but if |
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you want a room at
the host hotel, the Westin Canal Place
you need to act now. This is the last day
that rooms are guaranteed at the $209 group
rate.
(Posted
Feb.
2, 2009) |
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