Dietmar Stefitz
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| Country: | Spain |
| Email: | djs [at] bemarnet.es |
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| Blog: | http://www.unoaldia.net |
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| Twitter: |  @bemarnet
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Dietmar J. Stefitz, who was involved in entrepreneurial Internet projects since 1994, passed away on December 4, 2020. He was well known for growing Domaining Europe and guiding its merger with NamesCon to become NamesCon Europe.
Career
He founded BemarNet Management in 1995, NewGtld.biz in 2012, and Inverdom, an investment and service company in the Internet domain sector, in 2008. From 2008 to 2018, Stefitz organized and hosted the annual domainer conference [1] in his hometown Valencia, Spain. He was Vice President of ANPROTEL, which was a founding member of EUROISPA. In 1999, Stefitz helped acquire four ISPs for PSINET USA. In 2016, Stefitz founded and became Chief Executive Officer of The Name SHOW S.L. and organized awareness-raising conferences all over Europe. These events are dedicated to niches, such as start-ups, and Domains, Brands and Domains, academia, and domains. In 2017, he was Ambassador for Europe for TheDNA.org.
ICANN Involvement
In 2015, Stefitz and Ramón Rautenstrauch organized a virtual headquarters in L'Eliana, Valencia, Spain, for interested individuals to participate in ICANN53, which was taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Education
He studied at Berufsschule Klagenfurt from 1968 to 1971 and Industrial Merchandising at Handelsakademie Klagenfurt from 1971 to 1974.
Personal Life
Stefitz was born and raised in Austria.