Jay Westerdal
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Jay Westerdal is an entrepreneur and the founder of Name Intelligence,[1] Open Caller ID, DomainTools,[2] DotMovie, and Credit Savers. He is also a partner at Founders-Coop. He has been a participant at ICANN since 2002.[3]
Jay is an investor in Zevia, Mobile Box Office, LookStat, Custom Toll Free, Thought Convergence, NearlyWeds.com, CoolerPlanet.com, Array Health, Frugal Mechanic, Appature, Big Door Inc., Smart Plug, App Store HQ, UntitledStartup.com, RowFeeder.com and Urban Airship.
Top Level Domains[edit | edit source]
Jay and his partner have applied for 11 TLDs through two companies:
Career History[edit | edit source]
- Software Engineer, Virtual Services LLC, 1997-1998.
- Senior Software Architect, Lightrealm and Interland/Vservers, 1998-2001.
- Co-Founder and CTO, AboutUs.org, 2005-2007, a company he co-founded with Raymond King.[4]
- CEO, Name Intelligence Inc., 2001-2008.[3]
- Founder and CEO, Spry Hosting, 2001-2008.
- Chief Product Officer, Thought Convergence, 2008-2009.[5]
Education[edit | edit source]
In 2000, Jay completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Central Washington University.[2]
Videos[edit | edit source]
Jay was interviewed by Ray King regarding Top Level Spectrum and his New gTLD applications at NamesCon 2014 in Las Vegas:
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jay Westerdal and Thought Convergence Part Ways. Domain Name Wire. Published 2009 May 13.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 JayWesterdal.com
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Jay Westerdal. LinkedIn.
- ↑ Jay Westerdal. Inspired Road.
- ↑ Jay Westerdal. Facebook.
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