Monte Cahn is one of the domain name industry’s original pioneers and a globally recognized expert in premium domain names and digital assets. With more than 30 years in the industry, Monte founded Moniker.com, served as President of SnapNames.com, and helped pioneer domain name auctions, brokerage, monetization and WHOIS privacy. Today, he is Founder and President of RightOfTheDot, LLC, a leading licensed premium domain and digital asset auction, brokerage, appraisal and advisory firm. Monte and his companies have facilitated more than $700+ million in domain name and digital asset transactions and conducted more than 1,000 live and online auctions. He is also a founding Managing Member of Dot Hip Hop, LLC, the ICANN-accredited registry operator of the .HipHop top-level domain. Monte advises domain owners, corporations, investors and registry operators on premium asset sales, acquisitions, valuations, TLD strategy and monetization.