Former Oversee.net employee finds new home at Rook Media.
Longtime Domain Sponsor account manager Joe Higgins may have left his employer of the last 6 1/2 years recently, but he didn’t leave the domain name industry.
Higgins has joined new domain name parking company Rook Media.
Rook Media was formed by former Name Drive senior managers who left after the latter was sold. It was in a private beta with large domainers since February and opened up to the masses in June.
The company handles all types of domain names but its founders have a lot of experience in multi-lingual domain name monetization.
Higgins will help expand Rook’s monetization offerings while also helping domainers with brokerage and alt-
monetization needs. He will maintain an office in Los Angeles.
I had the privilege of working with Joe for a number of years. I think there are very few people who read this site that would argue with me when I say he is absolutely one of the most respected and liked people in our great industry.
Congratulations are due both to Joe and to Rook Media for hiring wisely.
-Jothan
Joe is class act. Rock is building on a rock.
“Rook Media was formed by former Name Drive senior managers who left after the latter was sold.”
Did I miss personally something? When was NamDrive sold?
From a little DNS snooping, was it sold to DemandMedia or NameMedia? Both have active mailing addresses/PO boxes in the DC area.
Thanks!
~Jason~
@Webcontents/Jason:
NameDrive received an investment earlier this year and changed owners. More on DNN – it was called a “restructuring”.
Frank,
Thanks for the timely response.
I seen the restructuring news awhile back, however I simply assumed it was a typical shake-up due to traffic quality, drop in ppc revs or the trouble facing many parking provider.
Wasn’t aware of any ownership changes.
Appreciate the update.
Congratulations Rook Media for hiring the right person for the job – congrats Joe on the new position.
Sorry – this post should really all be about Joe.
@WebContents: There’s more news on the NameDrive front today, they are now in one Holding together with Key Systems, called KeyDrive.
I have just joined RookMedia, and am glad to hear that their staff are highly appraised!
Good-luck Joe in your new position, I hope you get alot from your new job, and I look forward to working with you!