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.
Braden Pollock
Founder
Legal Brand Domains
United States
Taylor Henry
VP of Sales
Limestone Networks Inc.
United States
Igor Seletskiy
Founder and Chairman
CloudLinux
United States
Sean Dundon
VP Product Management, Hosting
Bluehost
United States
Pete Sclafani
Director, Network Solutions
Hilco Digital
United States
Alan Shiflett
GM of Aftermarket & Professional Services
GoDaddy
United States
Christa Taylor
Principal
TLDz
Canada
Michael Feeley
COO
Trillion.com
United States
Michael Petricone
SVP Public Policy
CTA
United States
Christian Dawson
Executive Director
i2Coalition
Konrad Keck
co-founder
webhosting.today
Poland
James Lee
Principal Product Manager
WebPros
Malaysia
Raquel Manriquez
Founder/Owner
WonderlandCurious
United States
Sachin Puri
CEO
Newfold Digital (parent company of Bluehost)
United States
Jothan Frakes
CEO
Private Label Internet
United States
James Iles
Senior Marketing Manager
GoDaddy
United Kingdom
Des Hanson
President
Opus Origin North America
United States
Mike Masnick
CEO
Copia Institute / Techdirt
United States
Jeff Fischer
Partner
GetYourDomain.com
United States
Charly Esnal
CEO
MANA TECH
United States
William Bell
EVP of Products
phoenixNAP
United States
Peyton Raleigh
Growth Manager
Nexcess
United States
Christian Jaeger
CEO
CloudFest
Darpan Munjal
Founder and CEO
Atom.com
United States
Jordan C. Unegbu
CEO
Swarmz Labs
Switzerland
Jeremy Chrysler
Vice President of Product Strategy, Yahoo Search
Yahoo
United States
Philbert Shih
Managing Director
Structure Research
Canada
Caleb Katz
Co-Founder
Digital Estates
United States
Ammar Kubba
CEO
afterTHOUGHT, Inc.
United States
Simon McCalla
CEO – Online
Team Internet
United Kingdom
Andriy Khvetkevych
CEO
NicNames.com & NIC.UA
United States
Jesse Asklund
Chief Product Officer
WebPros
United States
Wade Smith
Director – Aftermarket Sales
GoDaddy
United States
Nick Nelson
Sr. Director, Systems Innovation
DataBank
United States
Arnaud Franquinet
CEO
Gandi
France
Lillian Fosteris
Principal
Fosteris Consulting LLC
United States
Kathy Nielsen
Director, Business Development
D3
United States
Jeffrey Neuman
Founder & CEO
JJN Solutions Law, PLLC
United States
Rick Schwartz
Founder & Creator
Beanstalk Challenge
US
Andrea Silas
VP of Technical Support
DreamHost
United States
Jonathan Tenenbaum
CEO & General Counsel
MediaOptions
United States
Drew Bagley
Chief Privacy & Policy Officer
CrowdStrike
United States
Emmit McHenry
Founder
Network Solutions, Inc.
United States
Elliot Noss
Founder
Groundmark.org
CA
Shane Cultra
Founder
Winterline
United States
David Snead
Director
Secure Hosting Alliance
United States
Daryl Westmoreland
CEO
Lions Path
United States
Susan Lawrence
BD & Partnerships
D3
United States
Ron Jackson
Editor & Publisher
DNJournal.com
Katie Wokasch
Head of Product Engineering
Name.com
United States
Raymond King
CEO
Porkbun
United States
Jason Weathersby
Director, Software Engineering
Identity Digital
United States
Preston Gosdin
CEO
Limestone Networks
United States
Jonas Villwock
Senior Manager B2B Marketing
IONOS
Germany
Matthieu Lachance
Product Manager
Openwave
Canada
Carol Stambaugh
Owner
RadiateU
United States
Ron da Silva
CEO – Founder
Network Technologies Global
United States
Ann Morton
Senior Policy Director
Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition)
United States
Nadya Frost
Co-Founder
ShareShift.io
Cyprus
Michael Gilmour
CEO
ParkLogic
Australia
Mark Ghoriafi
Premium Domains Broker
Sedo.com
United States
Tony Yan
Director, Operations and Account Management
Escrow.com
Canada
Michael Riedl
CEO
Team Internet Group PLC
United Kingdom
Andrew Allemann
Publisher
Domain Name Wire
United States
Narendar Shankar
Co-founder and CCO
Hosted AI
United States
Aaron Campbell
VP Product
Monarx
United States
Daniel Wette
CEO
rankingCoach
Germany
Jelle Slenters
Commercial Director
Sims Lifecycle Services / RackRenew
Netherlands
Svilena Peneva
Head of WordPress Ecosystem Marketing
CloudLinux
Bulgaria
Levi Gundert
Chief Security & Intelligence Officer
Recorded Future
US
Kamila Sekiewicz
Executive Director
ICA
United States
Henk Mosterd
Head of Sourcing Your.Online North America
Your.Online
United States
Mark Crall
Channel Strategist
Ready Fire Aim Sherpas
United States
Nick Rasmussen
Vice President Business Development & GTM Strategies
WebPros
United States
Andrew Miller
Founder/President
ATM Holdings, Inc.
Neha Naik
Senior Vice President, Channel Partnerships
Radix
United Arab Emirates
Larry Fischer
Partner
GetYourDomain.com
United States
Jacqueline Daly
Senior Vice President
Dynadot
Ireland
David Cattler
Founder and Managing Principal
Ironhelm Works
United States
Nick LaRose
Accounts Director
rtCamp
United States
Mohammed Naser
CEO
VEXXHOST
Canada
Matt Medeiros
Marketing/Community
Rocketgenius
United States
Jeff Bedser
CEO
CleanDNS Inc
United States
Ben Gabler
CEO
Rocket.net
United States
Erin Rosenstein
Director of Channel Marketing
Identity Digital
United States
Ilissa Miller
CEO
iMiller Public Relations
United States
Aman Bhutani
Chief Executive Officer
GoDaddy
United States
Vicente Neto
Executive Chairman
EVEO Cloud
Brazil
Ryan McKegney
CEO
DomainAgents
Canada
Angelika Dorvel
Public Policy Manager
United States
Jeff Sass
CMO
.ART Registry
United States
Miriam Schwab
Head of WordPress
Elementor
Israel
Nat Cohen
President
Internet Commerce Association (ICA)
United States
Hillan Klein
CEO
Namecheap and Spaceship
United States
Joe Alagna
Chief Strategy Officer
it.com Domains
United States
Tim Timrawi
CEO
Sharktech Inc.
US
Carrie Smaha
Senior Manager Marketing Operations
InMotion Hosting
United States
Todd Ryan
CEO
American Business Capital Corp
US
Elisabeth Klughardt
Owner
Finding Betty LLC
United States
