Governance

As the Chief Product Architect, Arnold Blinn is responsible for the high level architecture and integration of GoDaddy’s systems including the products, the platforms, and incorporating acquisitions.

Prior to GoDaddy Arnold spent almost 17 years as a Partner Architect at Microsoft in a variety of divisions. These included Windows Phone, Xbox Live, MSN/Windows Live, and Commerce Server.

Arnold came to Microsoft when the company he founded, eShop inc., was acquired in 1996. eShop was an early pioneer in online eCommerce. He has also held positions at Oracle and at Go Corporation (an early pen computing company).

Arnold started coding in his early teens and was self-taught on one of the first available micro-computers. He also holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, where he has served on the Alumni Board and is currently serving on the Advisory Board to the School of Computer Science.

Outside of work Arnold is an avid biker and skier, and father of two.

As head of GoDaddy’s Customer Care team, Auguste leads our 5,000 strong force of seasoned guides, our relentless advocates for our customer’s success and supporters of their journey from their first idea to online success. GoDaddy’s Care team spans the globe as we follow our customers in their language, delivering knowledgeable and passionate Care. Prior to running our Care team, Auguste has served as our Chief People Officer and our Chief Information Officer leading key functions of our company for over 10 years.

As Senior Vice President & General Manager of GoDaddy’s Voice and Messaging Business, David Kirven is focused on building out GoDaddy’s telephony strategy and delivering innovative and differentiated mobile products that customers love.

David has over 20 years of high tech/SaaS industry experience. Prior to GoDaddy he was VP of Global Marketing for the Mobility Apps Division of Citrix, where he helped lead the spin-off of the GetGo division and successful merger to LogMeIn. Prior to Citrix, David was VP of Marketing and Sales at Intuit, where he held multiple leadership roles across many of Intuit’s fastest growing businesses, including TurboTax, where he led brand strategy and was instrumental in doubling that business to $1.3B in revenue.

David earned his MBA and Bachelor of Science degrees at the University of San Diego. He resides in Carlsbad with his wife and three children. Away from the office, David enjoys being outdoors with his family and volunteering as coach of the boys high school rowing team.

David directs GoDaddy's corporate development activities, including acquiring and partnering with companies that can enhance GoDaddy customer and product experiences.

Prior to GoDaddy, David was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and most recently Credit Suisse where he led the Technology Investment Banking Group. Over 18 years, David advised some of the leading technology companies on strategic and financial matters.

David holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Brown University.

As GoDaddy's Senior Vice President for Commerce, Data, & Application Services Platforms, Debra Weissman brings expertise from a variety of product and engineering roles in e-commerce, identity, personalization, and mobile platforms and experiences. She joined GoDaddy in 2014 and leads GoDaddy's platform transformation in these areas.

Prior to GoDaddy, Debra was Chief Product Officer at University of Phoenix, Vice President of Product for Mobile and Personalization at Yahoo!, and spent 15 years at Microsoft in senior roles, including Group Program Manager for the Windows User Experience and running product, engineering, QA, and operations for Xbox Live Entertainment's e-commerce platform and recommender system.

Debra has a Masters in History from the University of Washington, a BS in Journalism and and BA in History from Boston University, and while CPO at University of Phoenix completed her MBA on the new learning system that her team designed. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Computer Science at Northeastern University.

As head of GoDaddy EMEA, Irana leads a global team that helps small businesses in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa bring their businesses online and make their own way. Prior to this role, Irana was the General Manager for GoDaddy’s productivity business, leading teams that provide small businesses with tools and services that help them improve communication and run their businesses.

Irana joined GoDaddy in 2013, leading product teams focused on delivering productivity tools to small businesses. In addition, Irana founded GoDaddy Women in Technology (GDWiT) a networking organization with a mission to foster professional growth among women at GoDaddy as well as attract more diversity to the technology industry.

Prior to GoDaddy, Irana ran product teams at Intuit, where she oversaw the launch of Quickbooks POS and mobile payments, enabling more than 100,000 merchants to “go mobile.” Irana began her career at IBM where she served in engineering and product leadership roles focused on technology solutions for enterprise customers worldwide.

Irana holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Computer Science from University of California at Berkeley. She and her husband have two very active boys and enjoy traveling and discovering new cultures and cuisines.

As the Senior Vice President of Domains and Security Products at GoDaddy; Kevin Doerr leads a team of bright minds to design, develop and manage infrastructure and services that enable GoDaddy customers to start and protect their digital ventures.

Prior to GoDaddy, Kevin co-founded Archimedes Labs, a venture based incubation firm focused on consumer mobile services. The company aimed to enable ideas to be born, and prosper and provided a platform where the best ideas and founders could come together and thrive.

Before Archimedes Labs, Kevin served as EVP and GM of Digital at The Weather Channel—focused primarily on driving core development teams, product strategy, re-engineered existing digital infrastructure across mobile and web (modernized base platforms.) Prior to that, Kevin held executive roles at Yahoo! and Microsoft where he focused on digital platforms and new product incubation.

Kevin studied Computer Information Systems at Suffolk University in Boston.

As Senior Vice President of Presence and Commerce at GoDaddy, Lauren oversees the development and operations of our website builder and E-commerce solutions for small business around the world.

Prior to GoDaddy, Lauren spent eighteen years at Microsoft, where she was most recently Director of Program Management for SharePoint, leading the effort to make the SharePoint a tool that people love to use to get work done. Her leadership was instrumental in building one of the most successful products and businesses at Microsoft, and helping SharePoint navigate the shift to the cloud.

While at Microsoft, she founded the Step Up Program, designed to increase the number of women in senior management roles by helping women become stronger candidates for these roles. Lauren studied Rhetoric and Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley.

Lotfi Herzi is the Senior Vice President of Global Platforms Development and responsible for managing the engineering, product management, user experience, and marketing operations teams responsible for GoDaddy’s commercial website, content and reseller platforms, digital marketing technologies (MarTech), customer care’s tools and platform.

Lotfi also led the international expansion of GoDaddy’s products and services before focusing on the Customer & Marketing Platforms.

Prior to joining GoDaddy, Lotfi served as Yahoo’s VP leading the Global Product Development group, in charge of the international delivery of all Yahoo Products and services worldwide. Yahoo’s products, services, and platforms, boasted over 800M users worldwide. During his 18-year tenure at Microsoft, Lotfi worked on a variety of products and roles within several divisions including Windows NT, Windows 95, Internet Explorer, MSN, and Surface (pixelsense). In his last role with Microsoft as General Manager, he led multiple teams driving the Entertainment & Devices Division (Xboxinternationalization and Localization) and delivering company-wide services (Media, Packaging Engineering and Artwork).

Based in the Bay Area, in the heart of Silicon Valley, Lotfi is known for his passion for international markets and technologies and what they can do for customers. He holds a “Diplôme d’Ingénieur” (MS in Computer Science & Applied Mathematics) from ENSEEIHT (Toulouse, France).

As Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff, Marta drives the operating rhythm for GoDaddy’s senior leadership team and CEO, formulating and prioritizing the strategic agenda for the team to enable quality execution and accountability against corporate goals. Prior to her current role, Marta led GoDaddy’s Investor Relations efforts during its IPO and first several years as a public company.

Prior to GoDaddy, Marta served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Chief of Staff at Yahoo and in senior equity research roles at Bank of America Securities and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette.

Marta received a B.S. in mathematics and economics from the University of San Francisco. She currently sits on the USF Board of Trustees Investment Committee and is a Board Member Emeritus, Audit Committee Chair and Finance Committee member for Bay Area Cancer Connections.

As GoDaddy’s Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Hosting, Patrick Pulvermüller is responsible for setting the strategy for GoDaddy’s hosting team around the world, developing fast and reliable solutions to make GoDaddy customers’ sites visible on the web.

Prior to GoDaddy, Patrick spent several years as CEO of Host Europe and was the driving force behind the company’s organic growth and several acquisitions. In 2013 Patrick took on the role as CEO of HEG (Host Europe Group) with overseeing notable brands such as Host Europe, DomainFactory, Heart Internet, 123reg and more. Patrick came to GoDaddy when the company acquired HEG in 2017.

Patrick holds an MBA in Operations and Finance from The Open University. Patrick is also a Member of the Board at PlusServer, and in his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his 5 kids and skiing.

As Regional President of Asia-Pacific at GoDaddy, Roger is on point to build a market-leading position in the region by delivering compelling end-to-end experiences supported by world-class go to market activities offering SMB solutions and platforms.

Prior to GoDaddy, he spent 6 years at Yahoo where he last served as Vice President of Product Management, led PM and Design teams for Asia across Media, Search, e-Commerce, Mobile, Partnerships, and Custom Solutions.

He has over 20 years of professional experience in Asia & US, focused on internet product development, marketing, consumer hardware, and telecom. His previous leadership experiences included Technical Director at AT&T/SBC Communications, and led product development of consumer laptop group at Dell with annual billion dollar product revenue.

Roger graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, double-majored BA degree in Computer Science and Economics.

A veteran consumer marketing leader with a proven track record for strategic brand building and generating results, Jill Schoolenberg is now the Regional President for Canada, Australia and Latin America at GoDaddy, where she oversees the brand positioning of the one of the most dynamic Internet companies.

With more than 15 years of experience leading technology and small business organizations in Canada, Schoolenberg has helped GoDaddy grow the business in Canada by attracting new customers, while leading the charge on business strategy, planning and management. In 2017, she oversaw the Itty Bitty Ballers campaign with the Toronto Raptors, resulting in one of the most successful branding campaigns in the company’s history. Her success with GoDaddy in Canada propelled her to her new position, leading other international markets to growth.

Prior to joining GoDaddy, Schoolenberg led product management with P&L accountability for Microsoft’s Windows business, as well as sales and marketing for Small and Medium Sized businesses. She began her career working in consumer packaged goods and the food industry with Procter & Gamble.

Schoolenberg graduated with an Honors Business Degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business Administration at Western University in London, Ontario. Schoolenberg lives in Toronto where she hones her practice as a certified Pilates teacher.

Charles Robel is a retired Silicon Valley executive and private investor. He spent 26 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers and served as the partner running its Silicon Valley Software Services Group from 1985 until the mid 1990s. He subsequently managed the Technology Mergers and Acquisitions Group until his retirement in 2000.

From 2000 through 2005 Charles was a general partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, a leading software industry venture capital firm. He’s currently lead director of Informatica Corp. and is also a director of DemandTec, Inc.

Charles holds a B.S. in accounting from Arizona State University. He serves on the board of several private companies and previously served on the board of directors of Adaptec, Inc., Borland Software Corporation, and McAfee, Inc.

Sharples co-founded HomeAway with Carl Shepherd in February 2005. He raised over $400 million in private funding to acquire market-leading vacation rental websites around the world. Since then, Sharples has built HomeAway into a cohesive global network backed by a unified technology platform.

Sharples is the former president and chief executive officer of IntelliQuest Information Group, a supplier of marketing data and research to Fortune 500 technology companies. He also completed two successful public offerings and the subsequent sale of IntelliQuest to WPP Group.

An expert in technology brand strategy, Mr. Sharples has counseled several major brands, including Apple, Microsoft and Dell. He currently serves on the board of directors for RetailMeNot (NASDAQ: SALE), Fexy Media, and Twyla. He is an investment advisor to venture capital firm, Institutional Venture Partners, and private equity firm, Tritium Partners. Mr. Sharples is also a passionate entrepreneur and is currently involved with several startups.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in math and economics from Colby College and a master’s degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Gregory K. Mondre has served as a member of GoDaddy’s Board since its formation in May 2014. Mr. Mondre served as a member of the board of directors and executive committee of Desert Newco, LLC from December 2011 to March 2015. Mr. Mondre is a Managing Partner and Managing Director with Silver Lake. He joined Silver Lake in 1999 and has significant experience in private equity investing and expertise in sectors of the technology and technology-enabled industries. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Mondre was a principal at TPG, where he focused on private equity investments across a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on technology. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mondre worked as an investment banker in Communications, Media and Entertainment Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He currently serves as director of A Place for Mom, Fanatics, Motorola Solutions, Red Ventures, Sabre Corporation, Weld North Education and WPEngine. Mr. Mondre holds a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Herald Chen is a member of the Technology Industry Team within the Private Equity group at KKR, a major GoDaddy investor.

Herald initially worked for KKR from 1995 to 1997, rejoining the firm in 2007. He’s been directly involved with KKR's investments in Visma, Kodak, Sun Microsystems and Kindercare Learning Centers.

Prior to joining KKR, Herald was a Managing Director with Fox Paine & Company, Chief Executive Officer of ACMI Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer and co-Founder of Jamcracker, Inc. He also worked with Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Herald holds a B.S. and a B.S.E. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He serves on the board of Visma.

Lee Wittlinger is a Managing Director in the Menlo Park office of Silver Lake, which he joined in 2007. He currently serves as a director on the boards of Cast & Crew, GoDaddy, Oak View Group and WP Engine. He also is closely involved with Silver Lake’s investments in Endeavor, Learfield IMG and Unity, and previously served as a director of Vantage Data Centers and as a member of GoDaddy’s audit committee. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Wittlinger worked as an investment banker in the Technology, Media, and Telecom Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions in the technology industry. Mr. Wittlinger graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with dual concentrations in Finance and Accounting.

Mark believes that bold decision-making and transparency are critical to transforming and growing a company. Under his guidance, Adobe completed the fastest transition to a cloud-based subscription model among companies in the software industry. A “people’s CFO” with an MBA in organizational behavior, Mark is just as comfortable talking about numbers as he is about leading and developing teams. In 2015, the Silicon Valley Business Journal named him “Public Company CFO of the Year.” In 2017, Institutional Investor magazine ranked him No. 1 in the Best Software CFO category by sell-side analysts. Mark currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Pure Storage, Cisco and Snowflake.

While in college, Mark hoped to become a veterinarian, but quickly found out that accounting, not organic chemistry, was the right fit for him.

Caroline brings extensive operating experience in international sales and marketing and over 30 years in the high tech industry. Her expertise includes brand, digital marketing, customer acquisition, global expansion, multi-channel distribution, and sales management – with an emphasis on SMB. Caroline previously had roles at Intuit—Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Sales officer, as well as Senior VP of Sales and Director of Sales and Marketing. She also had sales, channel management, and field marketing roles at Apple Inc., NeXT Computer, and Knowledge Adventure. She serves on several boards, including Experian PLC, a Global data and information services company based in London, Emerge America, a political non-profit focused on recruiting and training women to run for office, and the Computer History Museum, the premier institution focused on the past and present of the high tech industry. In addition, she is on the Executive Committee of Northwestern C100, a women’s professional networking and mentoring group, and is a mentor for She-Can, a non profit which helps women from Rwanda and Cambodia succeed in US colleges and beyond. Caroline has a B.A. in English from Northwestern University and resides in the Bay Area and New York City.

Ryan is the global head of product at LinkedIn, overseeing all teams responsible for building and creating the next generation of LinkedIn products and experiences. In this role, he is responsible for setting the company’s product strategy and overseeing product development, user experience, business development, and customer operations. Since joining LinkedIn in May 2009, Ryan has held leadership roles across the R&D organization, helping to launch groundbreaking new experiences for consumers and customers, including the recent simplification of LinkedIn’s new desktop design and flagship mobile app, the launch of LinkedIn Learning, as well as the debut of our Influencer program and content platform. He has also played pivotal roles across the company’s key acquisitions, including Lynda.com, SlideShare and Pulse. Prior to LinkedIn, Ryan was senior vice president of Product at Glam Media, and held various product and general management positions at Yahoo!, including spearheading the acquisition of Overture in 2003.