Peter LaMantia

Country:	Canada
Email:	peter(at)authenticweb.com
Website:	[authenticweb.com authenticweb.com]
LinkedIn:	[Profile Peter LaMantia]
Twitter:	@Peter_LaMantia

Peter LaMantia is the CEO of Authentic Web Inc, a platform and services company addressing the needs of enterprises to deploy .brand ecosystems. As an innovation platform, our technology will enable brand marketers to manage name spaces and connect them to engagement technologies designed to distribute authentic and consistent brand content experiences, strengthen affinity relationships and drive advocacy actions.

In 2011, Peter completed the business plan and new gTLD application for .CLUB DOMAINS LLC. .CLUB domains successfully entered General Availability on May 7.14 and as of May 27.14 .CLUB is the number one selling new gTLD to launch. Peter serves as an external adviser to the .CLUB management team.

In 2009, Peter was appointed President of Aplus.net, a $20 million web services, domain name registrar and Fortune 1000 operating entity, Peter lead the business, building the team, successfully migrating several hundred thousand web and domain name services, drove a value proposition transformation by introducing innovative online marketing services.

Peter operated his management consulting firm for 10 years; serving technology CEOs to bring web and communications services to new markets. Various engagements included the completion of a prospectus for Hostopia.com, a platform provider of a private-label web services, serving some of the worlds largest telecommunications companies. The IPO raised $29million and the business was subsequently sold for $124 million to Deluxe Corporation in 2008.

Prior to entering technology, Peter was VP Operations running a 500 person silviculture company in western Canada. In 1996, he emerged from the wilds of northern Canada and entered the technology space. Peter joined Mobile Computing Corp., an enterprise solutions and hardware business accepting progressively senior roles in operations, project management, sales and financial planning. Joining Look Communications in 2000 as Director of Sales and Marketing, Peter drove the growth of EasyHosting.com to become the largest shared hosting provider in Canada serving SMBs.

Peter is a Mentor with The Next 36, Canada’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program.

References

http://authenticweb.com

.BrandIQ. What is it? What is Yours? http://authenticweb.com/#ebook

Digital Innovation and the .Brand Registry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L25i99lu0Ks

http://nic.club

http://aplus.net