Peter LaMantia

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

Peter LaMantia is the President of Market Strategies and Tactics Group (MST Group). The firm was established in 2003 to assist CEOs within the IT space, specifically providing planning and execution services for new ventures. Clients range from small business to large ($20-40mm) Fortune1000 companies.

Peter LaMantia was a founding partner of Digital Archery Experts, along with Colin Campbell and Dirk Baghat. The company was quickly launched in response to ICANN's new gTLD metering program, Digital Archery. When the program was found to suffer from technical glitches, and from strong opposition from the ICANN community, the program was pulled. As such, Digital Archery Experts suspended its services and refunded its clients.

Mr. LaMantia completed the business plan and new gTLD application for .CLUB DOMAINS LLC.

Peter is also a Mentor with The Next 36, an Entrepreneurial Leadership Program

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Peter 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.