UltraDNS Appoints Amir Shahmiri as Executive Vice President of Operations and Service DeliverySeasoned Veteran to Drive Network Security and Service Expansion BRISBANE, Calif., November 14, 2005 -- UltraDNS Corporation, the world's leading provider of Managed DNS services, today announced the appointment of Amir Shahmiri to its executive leadership team as Executive Vice President of Operations and Service Delivery. In this position, Shahmiri will bolster the UltraDNS global network with a focus on security measures designed to enhance operations and customer service. This latest appointment significantly adds to the Company's strong position within the security infrastructure marketplace. UltraDNS has experienced tremendous growth of its customer base and domains under management throughout 2004 and 2005, and has deployed a number of advanced security service enhancements. On October 18th, UltraDNS launched the revolutionary DNS Shield in partnership with major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including AOL and Earthlink, providing the highest level of network performance and security available to millions of Internet users. Shahmiri will work with the executive team to maintain UltraDNS' technological leadership, managing and protecting the largest and most heavily trafficked directories on the Internet today. "UltraDNS has established its infrastructure solutions as core network services, critical to the successful operation of the largest Top Level Domains (TLD) and enterprise customers in the world," said Shahmiri. "I am excited by the opportunity to drive UltraDNS' global expansion and aggressive network growth plans." Shahmiri comes to UltraDNS with over 18 years of experience managing the operations of multi-million dollar IT organizations. Most recently, he was managing director at Network Solutions, where he oversaw business operations of a subsidiary, including managing separation negotiations with Verisign. Prior to Network Solutions, he held a number of key positions at MCI, including program and project management, technical support, project implementation, and engineering. "Amir has a proven record of leadership and achievement in the communications and infrastructure markets," said Ben Petro, president and CEO, UltraDNS. "He will be a key member of the management team during a time of strong growth, lending his proven expertise and counsel to our organization. Amir's comprehensive knowledge of our industry will be highly valuable as we continue to develop secure and reliable solutions for our customers."
About UltraDNS UltraDNS provides a range of global and local DNS solutions - both managed services and custom infrastructure - built on its unique Directory Services Platform and proprietary, patented technologies. Through its thousands of enterprise, service provider and TLD infrastructure customers, UltraDNS powers the resolution of over 15 million domains around the globe. UltraDNS has offices in California, Virginia, Arizona, Chicago and the UK. For more information please visit www.ultradns.com. # # # |