Jothan Frakes
Member at PLISK
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJothan Frakes is a veteran domain name and DNS architect with over 30 years of hands-on experience designing, operating and advising registries, registrars and large-scale DNS infrastructure across cloud providers like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. He combines deep technical expertise (dating to the pre-ICANN era) with strategic product and business leadership, having built registrars/registries, led product launches, and advised due diligence and valuation in the domain aftermarket. A recognized industry builder and connector, he co-founded NamesCon, DOMAINfest and MERGE!, and has served in senior ICANN roles including NomCom member and SSAC contributor. Jothan’s volunteer work on the Public Suffix List and ICANN working groups reflects uncommon influence on browser/security behavior and naming policy beyond pure operations. Equally comfortable in technical architecture, conference production, and corporate development, he blends startup agility with governance-savvy leadership. Based in Seattle, he continues to steer product and registry strategy through consulting and executive roles.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
NO Computer Science and Business Administration, NO Computer Science and Business Administration at Hard KnocksWashington High SchoolOhlone CollegeDrama, Drama at Butte Community College25+ years experience
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Github Skills (72)
mojolicious10
url-parsing10
perl10
public-suffix-list10
suffix10
firefox10
git-mirror10
mercurial10
bit10
url-parser10
mozilla10
gecko10
gcloud9
handshake9
domain-name9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
publicsuffix/publicsuffix.org
Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
The publicsuffix.org website
Contributions:3 reviews, 13 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years
publicsuffixhugo
apostolos/list
Apr 2020 - Nov 2020
The Public Suffix List
Contributions:6 commits in 7 months
suffixpublic-suffix-listutilitiespublic-suffix
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