Two key figures at eNom are moving on.
A longtime fixture in the domain name industry — as well as a newer hire — are leaving domain name company Rightside.
VP of Business Development Chris Sheridan is leaving the company this week to join website maker Weebly. His experience at Rightside, where he worked on the eNom business, will be highly relevant to Weebly. Prior to eNom/Rightside, the “selfie king” worked at Verisign.
Sheridan’s former clients and other external business partners will now work with Dwayne Walker, Rightside’s SVP of business and market development.
Separately, SVP & GM of Registrar Services Steve Banfield is leaving the company at the end of this month. He joined Rightside in 2013. A Rightside spokesperson provide this statement to Domain Name Wire about the transition:
Steve Banfield is leaving Rightside at the end of January as part of an organizational restructuring, and he is working with the company’s management team to ensure a smooth transition for our employees and customers. Steve’s external clients and partners on the eNom business will now work with Jeff Eckhaus, our SVP of market development. Steve’s responsibilities on the Name.com business have been transitioned to Matt Delgado, Rightside’s SVP of operations.
Did they leave or were they fired ?
They usually give them a chance to leave, before they fire them, hopefully the stock goes up now…
Or, maybe they left on their own. Steve Banfield is an executive with broad consumer onboarding experience and may have received an offer in a different industry. Weebly is probably looking to streamline their customer domain purchase and sitebuilder platform integration pathway, which is a nice opportunity for Sheridan.
not-com domain + website + email = Winning in building a subscriber base.
Good luck General Sheridan!
Both good guys, hopefully they’re moving on to great things and will stay connected to the industry!
Good luck, Chris and Steve! Its been a pleasure working with you two pros.
Chris, you will be missed! Good luck to you both.
Onward. Good luck Mr. Sheridan.
Congrats Chris. Certain you had a good reason to switch. We will miss you at Enom, but will be happy to work with you at Weebly—-its a great company too. Maybe you can get them as a reseller of Enom.
Rumor has it that Steve Banfield and all his cronies were let go at the same time after they mismanaged the registrar business .