Jothan Frakes

Jothan Frakes

Domain Name Industry Sherpa

Greater Seattle Area

Current
  • Live Auction at Moniker.com
  • Live Domain Auction at SnapNames
  • Director, Enterprise Business Development at Oversee.net
  • President at Domain Registry Consultant
  • Consulting Member at CoCCA-Council of Country Code Administrators
  • Guest Moderator - Domain Marketplace Workshops at ICANN
Past
  • Guest Host at DomainMasters on WebmasterRadio.FM
  • Vice President at Name Intelligence, inc.
  • Executive Producer at 2006 Domain Roundtable Conference
  • Executive Producer at 2005 Domain Roundtable Conference
  • Content Manager at Infinium Labs
  • Senior Manager at Verisign
  • Cheif Technical Officer at eNIC Corporation
  • Founding Member at Altrec
  • Programmer at interglobe
  • Product Manager at Medius Interactive
  • Structure Manager at Apple Computer
  • Contract Song Remix Artist at Classified Records
  • TCPIP Network Analyst, Support at Media Vision
  • International Marketing / Communications Support at Everex Systems
  • Road Production Technology Manager at Stevie 'B'
  • Programmer Analyst at The Design Centre
  • Senior Network Programmer at Peninsula Floors
  • Inside Sales Manager at Everex
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Jothan Frakes’s Summary

Executive Producer of the 2005 and 2006 Domain Roundtable Conferences.

Deep involvement in internet naming, domain names, and domain name industry trends and ICANN process.

Fantastic relationships with internet domain registries and registrars.

Professional experience includes the oversight and operation of various Top Level Domains on the internet, both from a business and technical administration perspective over the past 13 years.

Jothan Frakes’s Specialties:

Infrastructure, Content, Contacts, Integrity and Venture


Jothan Frakes’s Experience

  • Live Auction

    Moniker.com

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2008Present (10 months)

  • Live Domain Auction

    SnapNames

    (Internet industry)

    2007Present (1 year)

  • Director, Enterprise Business Development

    Oversee.net

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

    July 2006Present (2 years 4 months)

  • President

    Domain Registry Consultant

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Telecommunications industry)

    August 2004Present (4 years 3 months)

    Professional consulting for Domain Name Registries, Registrars, Resellers, and other Domain Name related industries.

  • Consulting Member

    CoCCA-Council of Country Code Administrators

    (Internet industry)

    2004Present (4 years)

  • Guest Moderator - Domain Marketplace Workshops

    ICANN

    (Internet industry)

    1999Present (9 years)

  • Guest Host

    DomainMasters on WebmasterRadio.FM

    (Internet industry)

    20042008 (4 years)

  • Vice President

    Name Intelligence, inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    September 2004July 2006 (1 year 11 months)

    Registry/Registrar Liason, Product Development, and strategic relationship management.

    Domain Roundtable Conference -- Coordination of an amazing roster of speakers and panelists for http://www.domainroundtable.com in May of 2005 and April of 2006.

  • Executive Producer

    2006 Domain Roundtable Conference

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    October 2005July 2006 (10 months)

    Production Domain Industry Conference. Oversight of Speaker Panelist coordination, Panel Moderation, Sponsorship, Agenda, Budget and content.

  • Executive Producer

    2005 Domain Roundtable Conference

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2005May 2005 (5 months)

    Production Domain Industry Conference. Oversight of Speaker Panelist coordination, Panel Moderation, Sponsorship, Agenda, and content.

  • Content Manager

    Infinium Labs

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    June 2004September 2004 (4 months)

  • Senior Manager

    Verisign

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; vrsn; Internet industry)

    October 1997June 2004 (6 years 9 months)

  • Cheif Technical Officer

    eNIC Corporation

    (Internet industry)

    19972001 (4 years)

  • Founding Member

    Altrec

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Sporting Goods industry)

    February 1997September 1997 (8 months)

  • Programmer

    interglobe

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    19961997 (1 year)

    Product development, TCP/IP network consulting, and DNS management

  • Product Manager

    Medius Interactive

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    19951996 (1 year)

    Product Management, Sales and Development for website development and hosting company that hosted the Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, and New York Yankees

  • Structure Manager

    Apple Computer

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; aapl; Internet industry)

    19941995 (1 year)

    Structure Manager for Apple's eWorld Project. Online community development, programming proprietary page description languages to present information from large databases.

  • Contract Song Remix Artist

    Classified Records

    (Internet industry)

    19941995 (1 year)

  • TCPIP Network Analyst, Support

    Media Vision

    (Public Company; Computer Hardware industry)

    19921994 (2 years)

    This was a formerly a rival to Creative Labs, and in my role at Media Vision, I was a lead in the customer support division.

    One major highlight of my time with Media Vision is when I assiseted them in transitioning their online support systems from bulletin board system (BBS), Compuserve, Prodigy and AOL over to the internet using web, ftp and other protocols.

    Back in 1993, there was not really any appreciation for what the web would be, yet we launched a website and were one of the few companies to do so at the time.

  • International Marketing / Communications Support

    Everex Systems

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    19911992 (1 year)

  • Road Production Technology Manager

    Stevie 'B'

    (Entertainment industry)

    19891991 (2 years)

    I took a couple years off from the corporate 'thing' to do some production work and tour with Stevie 'B'
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000006OB9/103-0819391-2524650?v=glance

  • Programmer Analyst

    The Design Centre

    (Architecture & Planning industry)

    19881989 (1 year)

  • Senior Network Programmer

    Peninsula Floors

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)

    19881989 (1 year)

    Network Administrator and Database Analyst, developer of custom applications servicing the flooring industry.

  • Inside Sales Manager

    Everex

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    19871988 (1 year)


Additional Information

Jothan Frakes’s Websites:

Jothan Frakes’s Interests:

Domains, DNS, Registries, TLD, ccTLD, Whois

Jothan Frakes’s Groups:

ISOC, ICANN Meeting

  •    eWorldAlums
  •    Internet Society
  •    LinkedSeattle
  •    VeriSign Alumni Group
  •    LinkedICANN
  •    Hosting Industry
  •    eNom Inc. Group
  •    Domain name
  •    dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG)
  •    Domain Brokers
  •    Domain Name Brokers
  •    Apple - Current and Former Employees
  •    The Domainers Network
  •    .tel Communications Group
  •    Domain Name Professionals
  •    Domain Names
  •    CZ.NIC

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  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
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