Tobias Sattler

About Me

My name is Tobias, and I was born in 1982 in the lovely city of Munich, Germany. Already at a young age, history, natural sciences, and computers fascinated me. In 1996 my interest in programming ignited, and I implemented and managed smaller hobby projects.

At Siemens, I later learned the basics as a software engineer. With a detour to the German Military from 2004 to 2008 to support the introduction of SAP, I started at united-domains AG in 2008 to lead our reseller subsidiary.

Over the years, I have steadily expanded my skills and responsibilities and shifted my focus from pure tech towards product management.

In 2011 I joined the Executive Committee, and since 2018 I have been part of the Board of Management, where I head technology and product management. I partner with two board members to set our strategic direction, and to drive our growth.

Work is more than just a job for me. As a leader, I love to empower and support my team to develop great products. Helping our customers to realize their ideas makes me happy.

Apart from that, I am an active member of the domain name industry:

• Member, ICANN Nominating Committee (since 2020)
• Member, eco Names & Numbers Steering Committee (since 2017)
• Founder & Editor-in-chief, MyNext.Events (since 2017)
• Founder, Domain Name Basics (since 2016)
• Founder & Co-Chair, ICANN Contracted Party House (CPH) TechOps Group (2017 - 2020)
• Vice-Chair / CTO, ICANN Registry Stakeholder Group (RrSG) (2016 - 2020)
• Ambassador, Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) (2018 - 2019)
• Founder & Organizer, Domain-Stammtisch Munich (2016 - 2019)
• Member, Content Advisory Board of NamesCon and CloudFest (2016 - 2018)
• Volunteer, Mozilla Public Suffix List (2014 - 2016)

Furthermore, I am an author of 9 IETF Internet-Drafts and 10+ articles on CircleID, Medium, and LinkedIn Pulse.

I am a supporting member of Amnesty International, the German Cancer Aid, Caritas, the German Redcross, WWF, and Unicef.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, walking, and learning.

If you have any questions that I can help with, please feel free to reach out on LinkedIn or Twitter. I look forward to speaking with you!

Publications, Papers, Projects and Presentations

These are recent IETF drafts and documents that I wrote.

These are recent articles that I wrote about IT, Hosting, Domain Names, and other stuff.

Domain Name Basics is a series of presentations meant to be an overview and training material for newcomers in the domain name industry. It consists of more than ten episodes. These materials are not intended to be exhaustive.