What Happened?
Santa Monica, CA-based Demand Media has Appointed Wayne MacLaurin as Senior Vice President of Technology
About the Company
Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) is a diversified internet company that builds platforms across our media (eHow and LIVESTRONG.com) and marketplace (Society6 and Saatchi Art) properties to enable communities of creators to reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories. In addition, Demand Media`s custom content solutions (studioD) and diverse advertising offerings help advertisers find innovative ways to engage with their customers.
About the Person
Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Wayne MacLaurin has navigated a variety of senior management roles within the technology industry throughout the course of his notable career. Most recently, MacLaurin served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Sedari, a registry consulting and outsourcing service. He was the CTO of the Momentous Group of Companies, a Canadian domain name marketing services group, and was actively involved with both NameScout.com, a large ICANN accredited registrar, as well as Pool.com, a leading provider of premium domain services. He also founded one of Canada's leading ISPs, and was responsible for introducing world-class services to large customer bases and comprehensive policies for Internet access. From 2010 to 2012, MacLaurin was the Executive Director of the Domain Name System Operations Analysis and Research Center, a non-profit composed of 70 member companies that come together to focus on improving the security, stability and understanding of the DNS infrastructure.
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