Jay Westerdal
| Jay Westerdal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Jay Westerdal March 5, 1978 Seattle, Washington |
| Residence | Mercer Island, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Founder of DomainTools.com |
| Home town | Bellevue, Washington |
| Spouse(s) | Icy Westerdal (m. 2010) |
| Children | 0 |
| Website | |
| http://blog.jaywesterdal.com | |
Jay Westerdal (born 1978) is a domainer, entrepreneur and VC investor best known for his work creating DomainTools.com, a web service that looks up historical ownership of a website. The whois service was integrated into Google's onebox in May 2008.[1] He later sold the company in 2008 for a reported $16–$18 Million.[2] He is a prominent technology blogger[3] and a frequent speaker at industry events.[4]
Career
Westerdal started Name Intelligence/DomainTools in 2002 in his parent's garage. He later sold DomainTools in 2008 to Thought Convergence, Inc. The following year after being acquired he left TCI. He later became a limited partner at Founders Coop,[5] a Seattle venture capital firm.
Westerdal, originally from Bellevue Washington, worked at a Seattle web startup Interland before founding DomainTools in 2002.
Writing
Westerdal's personal blog covers a wide range of topics, focusing mainly on technology, his mobile lifestyle, and search engine optimization from a personal perspective, in contrast to the DomainTools blog, where he wrote in an official capacity. Contributed to the EPP Protocol RFC 4930.[6]
References
External links
- Jay Westerdal personal blog, blog.jaywesterdal.com
- Conference Review, dnjournal.com
- Modern Domainer interview on YouTube, youtube.com
- Interview by DomainsIntoDollars on YouTube
- USA Today article titled "Google combats domain name loophole", usatoday.com
- Seattle Times, seattletimes.nwsource.com