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The Business Constituency is a part of one of the supporting organizations of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. It is responsible for managing the domain name system that is the infrastructure of the Internet. https://www.icannbc.org/

Member, Business Constituency

Founded in 2006, the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is a non-profit trade organization representing domain name investors, website developers and related companies. The ICA is made up of responsible businesses and individuals who have joined together to improve public confidence in Internet commerce. Based in Washington D.C., our mission is to promote and share best practices among participants in the domain name industry and to educate consumers, policy makers, lawmakers and the media about the value and benefits of direct navigation traffic and the domain name industry.

Board Member

In 2017, my company, DomainSherpa, was acquired by Media Options. (https://mediaoptions.com/blog/media-options-acquisition-domain-industry-education-media-company-domainsherpa-com)

DomainSherpa was launched as the unbiased, authoritative source for information to help you discover, acquire, manage, monetize and sell domain names.

After 404 video and podcast shows, founder and host Michael Cyger retired from this video interview series.

Founder and Publisher

On March 21, 2022, GoDaddy acquired the content and software tools of my company, DNAcademy,  and I helped transition it into GoDaddy Domain Academy, a benefit of GoDaddy Discount Domain Club.

As Director of Education, I help people learn how to successfully invest in domain names as an asset class.

Director of Education, Domains

After selling iSixSigma and CTQ Media to Schofield Media Group in February 2008, Michael was retained for two years to consult during the transition and assist in starting-up a conference business for iSixSigma.

During that time, in addition to general consulting and mentorship across CTQ Media properties, he launched iSixSigma Conferences and supported custom events for clients such as the Department of Defense, Chevron, Halliburton, Hess and Marathon Oil. In the first year alone iSixSigma Conferences served thousands of operational excellence leaders from around the world and grew to seven figure revenue.

Consultant

Web X.0 Media is an innovative startup studio that specializes in software and design.

With a long track record of building innovative and successful products and services, we incubate and build new software, media, and online businesses.

Our passion is building something new, sharing it with the world, and empowering people to be more
intelligent, efficient and effective as a result.

Founder & CEO

In February 2008, the CTQ Media assets were sold to Schofield Media Group -- a London-based international business-to-business media company backed by private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson. (https://www.webxmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Schofield-Media-Group-Announces-Latest-Acquisition-CTQMedia-Feb2008.pdf)

In November 2011, Michael purchased the assets of CTQ Media back, including iSixSigma, Real Innovation, The Triz Journal, Sourcingmag and AdvancedSurvey.

In 2016, Triz-Journal.com was sold to Lean Methods Group (formerly Breakthrough Management Group).

In 2017, Sourcingmag was sold to a private investor.

In 2021, iSixSigma was sold to to a private investor.

CTQ Media was dedicated to helping businesses improve execution. This was accomplished by providing essential information, research and how-to knowledge to thousands of organizations worldwide.

Diverse products and services included Internet portals, magazines, research, marketing services, conferences and cu

Responsible for envisioning, developing and delivering a unified, global Internet presence for a subset of 28 GE Capital divisions. In doing so, worked closely with CEOs, sales and marketing leaders to understand priorities, align customer needs and deliver a game-changing, vertically-focused web site encompassing the capabilities of multiple business units.

Led the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) initiative across all GE businesses through a partnership with GE's Corporate Initiatives Group (CIG).

eBusiness Leader

DNAcademy.com, an online program for accelerated learning in domain name investing, was acquired by GoDaddy in May 2022. (https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroom/company-news/news-details/2022/GoDaddy-Acquires-DNAcademy/)

It has now transitioned into "GoDaddy Domain Academy," which is a benefit of the GoDaddy Discount Domain Club.

DNAcademy offered a structured methodology, robust toolset, and repeatable process for success.

It was designed to help investors, brokers, entrepreneurs, and webmasters achieve their domain goals and take the right steps towards financial freedom without relying on fleeting trends or hype cycles. 

Moreover, DNAcademy was the chosen corporate training provider of GoDaddy, Sedo, Uniregistry, and Payoneer.

Founder and Lead Instructor

iSixSigma was founded in 2000, sold in 2007 as part of CTQ Media, bought back in 2011 out of bankruptcy proceedings, and sold (for the second time) in April 2021. (https://www.webxmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Schofield-Media-Group-Announces-Latest-Acquisition-CTQMedia-Feb2008.pdf and https://feinternational.com/blog/pioneering-six-sigma-on-the-web/)

iSixSigma is the most comprehensive collection of information about Lean Six Sigma and operational excellence available in the world.

iSixSigma grew from a small, home-grown, advertising-driven Internet magazine (portal) into the premier publisher of process improvement content in the world.

Along the way, we launched and grew the following divisions:
✓ Print magazine: iSixSigma Magazine, the award winning subscription-based print magazine of iSixSigma
✓ Jobs board: The iSixSigma Job Shop, the largest process improvement, Monster.com-like jobs board with recruiting service
✓ Research division: iSixSigma Research, featuring custom

BainbridgeIsland.com is the #1 tourism website for Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Since 1996, the website features information that is relevant to both visitors who are planning a visit to Bainbridge Island, as well as locals who need information about businesses, events and locations on the island.

Founder and Publisher (and Self-Proclaimed Governor)

Responsible for measuring, optimizing and re-architecting the mail-in check deposit process across the USA to ensure timely, no-physical branch deposits and immediate funds availability.

Vice President

Plant Manager and Six Sigma Master Black Belt

EH&S Global Program Manager, GE Nuclear Services

Edison Engineer, GE Nuclear Services

Engineering Intern

Summer Intern

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Founder

Founder of Notify.domains; "Governor" of BainbridgeIsland.com.

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