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.
Rachel Sterling
Chief Marketing Officer
Identity Digital
Jason Weathersby
Director, Software Engineering
Identity Digital
United States
Michael Riedl
CEO
Team Internet Group PLC
United Kingdom
David Snead
Director
Secure Hosting Alliance
United States
Michele Neylon
CEO
Blacknight
Ireland
Jeff Sass
CMO
.ART Registry
United States
Ammar Kubba
CEO
afterTHOUGHT, Inc.
United States
Jeff Fischer
Partner
GetYourDomain.com
United States
Christian Dawson
Executive Director
i2Coalition
Etienne Gillard
Head of Ventures
Mana Tech
United States
Carrie Smaha
Senior Manager Marketing Operations
InMotion Hosting
United States
Christian Jaeger
CEO
CloudFest
Erin Rosenstein
Director of Channel Marketing
Identity Digital
United States
Sachin Puri
CEO
Newfold Digital (parent company of Bluehost)
United States
Monte Cahn
Managing Director/President
RightOfTheDot, LLC/Dot Hip Hop, LLC
United States
Matt Medeiros
Marketing/Community
Rocketgenius
United States
Katie Wokasch
Head of Product Engineering
Name.com
United States
Mike Masnick
CEO
Copia Institute / Techdirt
United States
Aman Bhutani
Chief Executive Officer
GoDaddy
United States
Christa Taylor
Principal
TLDz
Canada
Pete Sclafani
Director, Network Solutions
Hilco Digital
United States
Leonardo Saavedra
Director of Operations – Americas
Hosting.Com
Colombia
Carol Stambaugh
Owner
RadiateU
United States
Tim Switzer
VP, Business Affairs
Public Interest Registry (PIR)
United States
Wade Smith
Director – Aftermarket Sales
GoDaddy
United States
Mark Crall
Channel Strategist
Ready Fire Aim Sherpas
United States
Nick LaRose
Accounts Director
rtCamp
United States
Todd Robinson
Founder/CEO
InMotion Hosting, Inc.
United States
Jesse Tuttle
Ethical Threat Actor®
AP2T Labs
United States
Raquel Manriquez
Founder/Owner
WonderlandCurious
United States
Vito Peleg
CEO/Founder
Atarim
United Kingdom
Alan Shiflett
GM of Aftermarket & Professional Services
GoDaddy
United States
Charly Esnal
CEO
MANA TECH
United States
Robert Jacobi
Chief Experience Officer
Blackwall
United States
Sean Dundon
VP Product Management, Hosting
Bluehost
United States
Jonathan Tenenbaum
CEO & General Counsel
MediaOptions
United States
TJ Danklefs
Director of Product
WebPros
United States
Jacqueline Daly
Senior Vice President
Dynadot
Ireland
Darpan Munjal
Founder and CEO
Atom.com
United States
Judd Lindvall
CRO
Core 4 Solutions / Charg Cloud
United States
Konrad Keck
co-founder
webhosting.today
Poland
Aaron Campbell
VP Product
Monarx
United States
Michael Petricone
SVP Public Policy
CTA
United States
Marco Hoffmann
COO / Managing Director
OpusDNS GmbH
Germany
Nic Williams
Principal Architect
Infoblox
United States
Benoit Hochedez
CEO
Ex2.com
Canada
Des Hanson
President
Opus Origin North America
United States
Shane Cultra
Founder
Winterline
United States
Andrew Miller
Founder/President
ATM Holdings, Inc.
Mohammed Naser
CEO
VEXXHOST
Canada
Kimberly Lipari
CEO/Owner
Valet Web Services
United States
Tony Yan
Director, Operations and Account Management
Escrow.com
Canada
Ron da Silva
CEO – Founder
Network Technologies Global
United States
Arthur Mai
CEO at InterNetX & CMO at IONOS
InternetX – Sedo – IONOS Group
Germany
Raymond King
CEO
Porkbun
United States
Angelika Dorvel
Public Policy Manager
United States
Reese Tuttle
Threat Researcher
AP2T Labs
United States
Jonas Villwock
Senior Manager B2B Marketing
IONOS
Germany
Bret Miller
Partner
ATM Holdings
United States
Igor Seletskiy
Founder and Chairman
CloudLinux
United States
Jothan Frakes
CEO
Private Label Internet
United States
Nadya Frost
Co-Founder
ShareShift.io
Cyprus
Susan Lawrence
BD & Partnerships
D3
United States
Mark Ghoriafi
Premium Domains Broker
Sedo.com
United States
Nat Cohen
President
Internet Commerce Association (ICA)
United States
Todd Ryan
CEO
American Business Capital Corp
US
Peyton Raleigh
Growth Manager
Nexcess
United States
Hillan Klein
CEO
Namecheap and Spaceship
United States
Taylor Henry
VP of Sales
Limestone Networks Inc.
United States
Vicente Neto
Executive Chairman
EVEO Cloud
Brazil
Daryl Westmoreland
CEO
Lions Path
United States
Ryan McKegney
CEO
DomainAgents
Canada
Caleb Katz
Co-Founder
Digital Estates
United States
Neha Naik
Senior Vice President, Channel Partnerships
Radix
United Arab Emirates
Henk Mosterd
Head of Sourcing Your.Online North America
Your.Online
United States
Sara Rego
VP of Commercial
Team Internet
United Kingdom
Andriy Khvetkevych
CEO
NicNames.com & NIC.UA
United States
Ann Morton
Senior Policy Director
Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition)
United States
Ilissa Miller
CEO
iMiller Public Relations
United States
GERARDO ARISTIZABAL
Director
Registry.co
Colombia
Larry Fischer
Partner
GetYourDomain.com
United States
Arnaud Franquinet
CEO
Gandi
France
Nick Nelson
Sr. Director, Systems Innovation
DataBank
United States
Jeffrey Neuman
Founder & CEO
JJN Solutions Law, PLLC
United States
Jared Sine
Chief Strategy & Legal Officer
GoDaddy
United States
Preston Gosdin
CEO
Limestone Networks
United States
Svilena Peneva
Head of WordPress Ecosystem Marketing
CloudLinux
Bulgaria
Simon McCalla
CEO – Online
Team Internet
United Kingdom
David Cattler
Founder and Managing Principal
Ironhelm Works
United States
Naela Sarras
Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement in North America
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
United States
Emmit McHenry
Founder
Network Solutions, Inc.
United States
Daniel Wette
CEO
rankingCoach
Germany
James Lee
Principal Product Manager
WebPros
Malaysia
Andee Hill
Senior Director, GDD Accounts
ICANN
United States
Braden Pollock
Founder
Legal Brand Domains
United States
James Iles
Senior Marketing Manager
GoDaddy
United Kingdom
William Bell
EVP of Products
phoenixNAP
United States
Jelle Slenters
Commercial Director
Sims Lifecycle Services / RackRenew
Netherlands
Dallas Kashuba
Co-founder
DreamHost
United States
