Matt Bentley

Country:	Germany
LinkedIn:	[Matt Bentley Matt Bentley]

Matt Bentley is Chief Strategy Officer of Sedo, the leading online marketplace for the buying and selling of domain names. In this role, Bentley is responsible for mapping out market and product strategy for the entire Sedo organization.

Bentley's previous role at Sedo was as Chief Executive Officer of the company's U.S. division, Sedo.com, LLC. Bentley spearheaded Sedo's U.S. subsidiary into becoming the company's fastest growing division since it was started in 2004. Under his leadership, Sedo.com was profitable since its first quarter of operation, and Sedo's US-derived revenue increased five-fold. In addition to leading Sedo.com, Bentley has brokered some of the highest value sales in the domain industry, served as an expert witness in the area of domain valuation, and been quoted on domain topics in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, CNET and elsewhere.

Education

Bentley holds a BS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University (USA), and a Master's in International Business from the Euromed-Marseille Graduate School of Business (France)

Specialties

Website monetization, direct navigation, domain name valuation, online marketing, ad syndication, international product management, localization, public relations, business development, domain industry contacts, domain name policy, search marketing.

Interests

Social communities, web 2.0, online advertising, internationalization, travel, culture and languages, rock climbing, sailing.