📅 - Regsiter.com (register.com👉 Total Reviews: 5 🙌 Average Rating: 3 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 1 👎 Bad Reviews: 4 👈 Official Responses: 0) announced today that Richard D. Forman, co-founder, has resigned from his position as president and CEO effective immediately. Peter A. Forman, co-founder and director of Register.com, will assume the positions of president and CEO position.
"I am pleased to be returning to a day-to-day management role at Register.com," said Peter Forman. "I look forward to improving the Company's operating efficiency and capitalizing on Register.com's potential." Peter Forman has run consumer product manufacturing companies for the last twenty years. He received his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business. "Peter's operational experience is key to the success of our current restructuring initiatives," said Mitchell I. Quain, Executive Chairman of Register.com. "His leadership in the Executive Committee has been instrumental to the progress we have made thus far in building a foundation for long-term operational efficiencies. Peter's vision for the company and his understanding of our customers will help us better exploit the potential of these assets." Richard Forman will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors. "I am very proud of all that I have been able to accomplish at Register.com," said Richard Forman. "I want to thank all the Register.com employees who have supported me and contributed to our success. I am confident in Peter's ability to manage the Company through the next stage in its lifecycle." Register.com, Inc. is a provider of global domain name registration and Internet services to the consumer and enterprise market.
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