Warren Adelman

Country:	USA
Email:	Warren[at]godaddy.com
Website:	http://www.asocialcontract.com/
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Warren Adelman is the President and Chief Operating Officer of GoDaddy. He also serves on the Industry Advisory Board at Arizona State University's College of Technology and Innovation.

His job responsibilities at GoDaddy includes day-to-day operations, resource management, process improvement and corporate strategic planning for The Go Daddy Group, Inc. Warren also heads up the Governance and Policy Committee, which is dedicated to oversight of Go Daddy's standards and practices.

Warren Adelman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from the University of Toronto. In addition to his role at Go Daddy, Warren is an active member of the ICANN Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review team. In 2010, he was the keynote speaker of the Internet Summit 2010.

Career History

• Warren joined Go Daddy after numerous senior positions in the technology market including Vice President of Strategic Relations at Network Associates (now McAfee).

• In February 2001, Warren Adelman was appointed president and chief executive officer of NeoPlanet, Inc. A co-founder of the company, Adelman served as executive vice president of business development from 1999 to 2001, playing a pivotal role in NeoPlanet's initial funding and spin-off from its parent company Bigfoot International, Inc. in New York.Further, Adelman was central in establishing NeoPlanet's partnerships with Terra Lycos, USA Networks, MTV, Universal Studios, Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records, New Line Cinema and Network Associates, Inc.

• From 1997 to 1999, Adelman was vice president of business development for Bigfoot International, where he initiated some of the industry's first trackable e-mail marketing campaigns for companies such as Microsoft, Eddie Bauer, Oppenheimer Funds and Network Associates. Adelman also established partnerships with BellSouth, Hotmail, Snap, InfoSeek, ICQ, ZDNet, and Look Smart. He served as an executive liaison to Acxiom Corporation, Bigfoot's strategic investor and database marketing partner.

• Before Bigfoot, Adelman was vice president of business development and communications at IFusion, a pioneer in Internet content management and delivery.

• Prior to entering the private sector, Warren served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces. He also spent six years in international relations at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he served as Chief of Public Affairs. During this time, Warren was a member of the media and communications team for Israel's Delegation to Bilateral Peace Talks held in Washington, D.C. between 1991 and 1996.