Announces the appointment of Amir Shahmiri to its executive leadership team as Executive Vice President of Operations and Service Delivery.

UltraDNS Corporation, a provider of Managed DNS services, yesterday announced the appointment of Amir Shahmiri to its executive leadership team as Executive Vice President of Operations and Service Delivery.

In this position, Shahmiri will bolster the UltraDNS global network with a focus on security measures designed to enhance operations and customer service. Shahmiri comes to UltraDNS with over 18 years of experience managing the operations of multi-million dollar IT organizations. Most recently, he was MD at Network Solutions, where he oversaw business operations of a subsidiary, including managing separation negotiations with VeriSign. Prior to Network Solutions, he held a number of key positions at MCI, including program and project management, technical support, project implementation, and engineering.

"UltraDNS has established its infrastructure solutions as core network services, critical to the successful operation of the largest Top Level Domains (TLD) and enterprise customers in the world," said Shahmiri. "I am excited by the opportunity to drive UltraDNS' global expansion and aggressive network growth plans."

"Amir has a proven record of leadership and achievement in the communications and infrastructure markets," said Ben Petro, President and CEO, UltraDNS. "He will be a key member of the management team during a time of strong growth, lending his proven expertise and counsel to our organization. Amir's comprehensive knowledge of our industry will be highly valuable as we continue to develop secure and reliable solutions for our customers."