GoDaddy has added Betsy Rafael to its Board of Directors. Ms. Rafael is an industry veteran with 30 years experience and was formerly Apple’s Chief Accounting Officer. Other positions she has held include Cisco Systems’ Finance VP and positions at Ernst & Young, Sun, SGI, Escalate and Aspect Communications.
Ms. Rafael is the first female GoDaddy board member. She also sits of the audit committees of Echelon and Autodesk, and on Echelon’s compensation committee. She is also a member of Santa Clara University’s Board of Trustees.
"Betsy brings with her insight and experience which is unmatched in our industry and I couldn't be more pleased to have her onboard," explained GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving. "She is a seasoned leader and a phenomenal financial executive who understands scaling financial operations across the globe."
"The GoDaddy mission to help small businesses, entrepreneurs and go getters is inspiring," suggested Ms. Rafael. "GoDaddy is one of those special companies with a purpose-built global platform that only a handful of technology organizations can claim. It has the power of an established company with the energy of a start-up, and I was drawn to become part of what GoDaddy is doing, and to help the team build on the tremendous momentum that's underway."
GoDaddy has 12 million customers and manages 57 million domain names. The company is currently involved in a program of international expansion and has hired executive leaders across the globe. The company also opened a facility in India and new offices in Sunnyvale, California and near Seattle, Washington.
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