Judges

The seven person panel of online and media experts judging our 2010 .INFO Awards includes:

Dominik Grollmann

Title: 
Editor in Chief
Company/Affiliation: 
INTERNET WORLD Business

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

Grant Allaway

Title: 
Managing Director
Company/Affiliation: 
AD2ONE Group

Grant Allaway has been working in digital media since 1997. Having led digital sales teams while working for the world's biggest business to business publish Reed Elsevier, he joined Vivendi-Universal as Sales Director of AD2ONE in 2001. After leading a management buy-out in 2002, Grant has led the growth of the company, launching offices in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Asia and Germany. During this time AD2ONE UK has firmly established itself as the leading digital sales agency in the UK. Current clients across the world include eBay, LinkedIn, Disney, BBC, Ryanair, Reuters and Expedia. AD2ONE employs over 60 people and generated group revenues in excess of $30m Euros in 2008/2009.

Peter Prestipino

Title: 
Editor-in-Chief
Company/Affiliation: 
Website Magazine

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.

Liam Eagle

Title: 
Editor
Company/Affiliation: 
We Host Industry Review

Liam Eagle has worked as a contributor to the Web Host Industry Review since its inception in 2000, and as editor since 2003. He has been editor of the WHIR's print magazine since its launch. His daily involvement in the gathering and reporting of Web hosting news and his regular interaction with Web hosting leaders gives him an uncommonly broad appreciation of the issues and trends facing the business. Through his WHIR blog, Liam spots Web hosting trends and offers opinions on the industry-wide impacts of major developments and the motivation behind big announcements.

Anand Parthasarathy

Title: 
Managing Director
Company/Affiliation: 
Online India Tech Pvt Ltd

Anand Parthasarathy is a seasoned Indian Information Technology journalist based in Bangalore. He was the IT correspondent and later the IT Consulting Editor of India’s national newspaper “The Hindu” for 15 years till 2009. He is today the Managing Director of Online India Tech Pvt Ltd, the entity that runs the www.indiatechonline.com portal and associated tech consultancies. He is an independent director with the Film and Video Park of the Kerala State Infrastructure Corporation (KINFRA) and an IT consultant with Kerala Tourism. He is also a jury member for the Kerala State annual e-governance awards.

Katy Tafoya

Title: 
Speaker, Social Media Strategist and Small Business Coach
Company/Affiliation: 
ConstantChatter.com

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.

Philipp Grabensee

Title: 
Chairman of the Board
Company/Affiliation: 
Afilias

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).