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Go Daddy hires CTO from Yahoo
Kevin Murphy,
April 2, 2013, 21:00:19 (UTC),
Domain Registrars
Go Daddy has made its third top-level hire from CEO Blake Irving’s alma mater, Yahoo.
Elissa Murphy, formerly vice president of engineering, will join the registrar as chief technology officer and head of platform, All Things D reports.
Go Daddy has reportedly confirmed the move, saying she’s due to start next month.
The news comes just a few weeks after the company recruited James Carroll from Yahoo to head its international business.
Irving joined Go Daddy in January.
Recent Comments
When you turn up at rego for an ICANN meet, the first interaction is always "no, we only have men's style t-shirts". ... read more
This is stupid... The strength of .com.au and .net.au will be distroyed... I can homestly tell you I wont bother, wit... read more
Actually they didn't. Some editions to the guidebook were made June 2012, long after the application window, and some im... read more
Pretty sure that Radix doesn't run .shop. Probably not intentional, but can be read that way.... read more
Is this fundamentally different from sexism observed in our society ? Because while I saw sexism occurring within ICANN,... read more
The auDA CEO Cameron Boardman has stated at the 2016 auDA AGM the auDA Board may choose to not go ahead with the extra p... read more
Face it, the gTLD program was a failure from the onset and those who partook in it are about to lose money. To now cry ... read more
AA probably referred to the other side of the TMCH fees, e.g. the registrar fees, which were fully funded by ICANN. Ot... read more
I think Nominet gave the best example with the Right of Registration process.... read more
And I guess they'll maintain the fiction that Chris is from Asia Pacific and not Europe...given his passport is British ... read more