Meet the NamesCon 2026 Lineup
Meet the domain name and digital asset professionals who will present at CloudFest Americas and NamesCon Global 2026 to help attendees take advantage of the emerging landscape—from technology and law to investment trends and deal-making. The digital economy is changing fast, and our speakers’ hard-won experience helps domainers make the smartest possible choices for the year ahead.
Here are the first 2026 featured speakers… more updates every week.
Philbert Shih
Managing Director
Structure Research
Canada
Mark Ghoriafi
Premium Domains Broker
Sedo.com
United States
Mohammed Naser
CEO
VEXXHOST
Canada
Jeff Sass
CMO
.ART Registry
United States
Matthieu Lachance
Product Manager
Openwave
Canada
Robert Jacobi
Chief Experience Officer
Blackwall
United States
Andrew Allemann
Publisher
Domain Name Wire
United States
Jeff Bedser
CEO
CleanDNS Inc
United States
Daryl Westmoreland
CEO
Lions Path
United States
Miriam Schwab
Head of WordPress
Elementor
Israel
Monte Cahn
Managing Director/President
RightOfTheDot, LLC/Dot Hip Hop, LLC
United States
Simon McCalla
CEO – Online
Team Internet
United Kingdom
Nick LaRose
Accounts Director
rtCamp
United States
Narendar Shankar
Co-founder and CCO
Hosted AI
United States
Jeff Fischer
Partner
GetYourDomain.com
United States
Jason Schaeffer
Counsel
ESQwire.com P.C.
United States
Aman Bhutani
Chief Executive Officer
GoDaddy
United States
Aaron Campbell
VP Product
Monarx
United States
Alan Shiflett
GM of Aftermarket & Professional Services
GoDaddy
United States
Katie Wokasch
Head of Product Engineering
Name.com
United States
Jordan C. Unegbu
CEO
Swarmz Labs
Switzerland
Sara Rego
VP of Commercial
Team Internet
United Kingdom
Andrea Silas
VP of Technical Support
DreamHost
United States
TJ Danklefs
Director of Product
WebPros
United States
Carol Stambaugh
Owner
RadiateU
United States
Jeremy Chrysler
Vice President of Product Strategy, Yahoo Search
Yahoo
United States
Sé Reed
Co-founder and CEO
The WP Open Community Collective
United States
Jared Sine
Chief Strategy & Legal Officer
GoDaddy
United States
Ilissa Miller
CEO
iMiller Public Relations
United States
Christian Dawson
Executive Director
i2Coalition
John Berryhill
Attorney
John B. Berryhill LLC
United States
Nick Nelson
Sr. Director, Systems Innovation
DataBank
United States
Rachel Sterling
Chief Marketing Officer
Identity Digital
Leonardo Saavedra
Director of Operations – Americas
Hosting.Com
Colombia
Anand Vora
VP, Head of Domains
Namecheap Inc
United States
Neha Naik
Senior Vice President, Channel Partnerships
Radix
United Arab Emirates
Tim Switzer
VP, Business Affairs
Public Interest Registry (PIR)
United States
Daniel Wette
CEO
rankingCoach
Germany
Jesse Tuttle
Ethical Threat Actor®
AP2T Labs
United States
Larry Fischer
Partner
GetYourDomain.com
United States
Raquel Manriquez
Founder/Owner
WonderlandCurious
United States
Konrad Keck
co-founder
webhosting.today
Poland
Henk Mosterd
Head of Sourcing Your.Online North America
Your.Online
United States
Mark Crall
Channel Strategist
Ready Fire Aim Sherpas
United States
Jeffrey Neuman
Founder & CEO
JJN Solutions Law, PLLC
United States
Peyton Raleigh
Growth Manager
Nexcess
United States
Igor Seletskiy
Founder and Chairman
CloudLinux
United States
Lillian Fosteris
Principal
Fosteris Consulting LLC
United States
Taylor Henry
VP of Sales
Limestone Networks Inc.
United States
Susan Lawrence
BD & Partnerships
D3
United States
Ben Gabler
CEO
Rocket.net
United States
James Iles
Senior Marketing Manager
GoDaddy
United Kingdom
Shane Cultra
Founder
Winterline
United States
Wade Smith
Director – Aftermarket Sales
GoDaddy
United States
Michele Neylon
CEO
Blacknight
Ireland
Kimberly Lipari
CEO/Owner
Valet Web Services
United States
Drew Bagley
Chief Privacy & Policy Officer
CrowdStrike
United States
Michael Gilmour
CEO
ParkLogic
Australia
Angelika Dorvel
Public Policy Manager
United States
James Lee
Principal Product Manager
WebPros
Malaysia
Jacqueline Daly
Senior Vice President
Dynadot
Ireland
Darpan Munjal
Founder and CEO
Atom.com
United States
Jason Weathersby
Director, Software Engineering
Identity Digital
United States
Bret Miller
Partner
ATM Holdings
United States
Charly Esnal
CEO
MANA TECH
United States
Christa Taylor
Principal
TLDz
Canada
Jelle Slenters
Commercial Director
Sims Lifecycle Services / RackRenew
Netherlands
Svilena Peneva
Head of WordPress Ecosystem Marketing
CloudLinux
Bulgaria
Soeren von Varchmin
Chairman of the Advisory Board
CloudFest & NamesCon
Judd Lindvall
CRO
Core 4 Solutions / Charg Cloud
United States
Ron da Silva
CEO – Founder
Network Technologies Global
United States
Benoit Hochedez
CEO
Ex2.com
Canada
Anthony Pombal
Managing Director / VP Sales and Partnerships
CloudFest Americas / NamesCon
United States
Marco Hoffmann
COO / Managing Director
OpusDNS GmbH
Germany
William Bell
EVP of Products
phoenixNAP
United States
Michael Feeley
COO
Trillion.com
United States
Elisabeth Klughardt
Owner
Finding Betty LLC
United States
Pete Sclafani
Director, Network Solutions
Hilco Digital
United States
Jothan Frakes
CEO
Private Label Internet
United States
Jesse Asklund
Chief Product Officer
WebPros
United States
Jonathan Tenenbaum
CEO & General Counsel
MediaOptions
United States
Vicente Neto
Executive Chairman
EVEO Cloud
Brazil
Vito Peleg
CEO/Founder
Atarim
United Kingdom
Elliot Noss
Founder
Groundmark.org
CA
Ann Morton
Senior Policy Director
Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition)
United States
Jonas Villwock
Senior Manager B2B Marketing
IONOS
Germany
Andriy Khvetkevych
CEO
NicNames.com & NIC.UA
United States
Todd Ryan
CEO
American Business Capital Corp
US
Braden Pollock
Founder
Legal Brand Domains
United States
Nick Rasmussen
Vice President Business Development & GTM Strategies
WebPros
United States
Michael Petricone
SVP Public Policy
CTA
United States
Arthur Mai
CEO at InterNetX & CMO at IONOS
InternetX – Sedo – IONOS Group
Germany
Andee Hill
Senior Director, GDD Accounts
ICANN
United States
Levi Gundert
Chief Security & Intelligence Officer
Recorded Future
US
Sean Dundon
VP Product Management, Hosting
Bluehost
United States
Etienne Gillard
Head of Ventures
Mana Tech
United States
Andrew Miller
Founder/President
ATM Holdings, Inc.
Christian Jaeger
CEO
CloudFest
Mike Masnick
CEO
Copia Institute / Techdirt
United States
