Judges

Dominik Grollmann is Editor in Chief of Internet World Business. He has reported about Internet trends and development since 1997.

Gautam Chatur is a lead interactive strategist who helps define innovative and highly effective digital marketing strategies for Qorvis' corporate, association, government and non-profit clients.

Chatur performs detailed evaluation of client business environment to design integrated insight driven digital strategies. Chatur structures and presents recommendations to senior client leadership for approval and then works with Creative, PR, IT, Media, Marketing and Analytics teams to ensure successful project delivery. Chatur also contributes to and leads new digital "evangelization" initiatives within Qorvis.

Katy Tafoya is an Internet marketing consultant who helps small business owners and solopreneurs introduce, implement, and enhance social media and Web 2.0 applications in their business model in order to establish their expert status, grow their reach, attract more customers, and ultimately become more profitable. Katy is the creator and operator of the popular women’s content website and on-line community, Constant Chatter, as well as a prolific blogger on technical topics. Her specialties include basic and natural Search Engine Optimization (SEO), setting up and maintaining Wordpress blogs, and teaching others to interact and engage effectively in the various online social networking environments. Katy is also a UCLA Extension instructor teaching young adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities basic computer and internet skills.

Michael brings over 10 years experience in all aspects of internet advertising to AdJug. He has an extensive background in general management, marketing, sales and product development both in small and large growth businesses and a deep knowledge of strategic marketing with regards to online marketplaces. Before founding AdJug, Michael was the Managing Director of Gumtree.com, the UK's leading online classifieds site which was acquired by eBay in 2005. Michael took the company from break even to high margin profitability doubling annual revenues, users and traffic. Prior to that Michael was eBay's Marketing Director in Germany for over three years, directly responsible for a 100+ million dollar annual marketing budget and managing, building a high-powered marketing team. During his tenure, eBay's reach in Germany grew from 6% to over 50%. Michael started out as eBay's Head of Categories in Germany in 2001. Other positions included Managing Director of web startup urbia.com UK Ltd and Head of Interactive at Zippel Communications. Michael holds a BA in Journalism from Cologne Journalism School and a Master of Business from Cologne University.

Peter Prestipino is the Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, a print and online trade publication for Internet business professionals focusing on search engine optimization, online advertising, online marketing, Web design and application development. Prestipino is a long-time Internet marketer with over ten years of experience in Internet publishing and advertising management.

In 1998 Mr. Grabensee was admitted to the bar and has since been registered as a lawyer at the District Court in Duesseldorf, Germany. His main work as a lawyer focuses on all types of legal questions that arise in connection with the Internet. In particular, Mr. Grabensee specializes in legal questions dealing with the registration, transfer and sale of domain names. He has been the chairperson of the Board of Directors at Afilias since September 2003. During his career in the domain name industry, hHe has also member of the Names Council in the ICANN Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO).