MMX’s Executive Management

Executive Directors

Toby Hall

Chief Executive Officer

Toby Hall is a highly experienced marketeer who has supported a series of fast growth public and private businesses in the Internet and natural resources sector over the last twenty years. In this capacity, he has been a strategic adviser to Minds + Machines Group Limited (MMX) since its inception. Following the successful launches of .miami and .law, Toby formally took over the responsibilities of Chief Marketing Officer for the Group in January 2016. On 22 February 2016, Toby was appointed Chief Executive Officer and has led the Group as it restructured into a pure-play registry and successfully opened up the China market through the launch of .vip which received Chinese Government MIIT approval in December 2016. He divides his time between the US, UK, Europe and Asia.

Michael Salazar

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Prior to joining MMX in December 2012, Michael was the gTLD Program Director at ICANN. He was responsible for developing the new department within ICANN to implement the gTLD operations programme and manage the execution of all operations. Prior to ICANN, Michael worked at KPMG for 16 years, where he was a partner in the Advisory Services Group, responsible for the overall quality and execution of internal audit and advisory engagements for a diverse group of clients across a number of industries, including technology, media and entertainment, consumer products and manufacturing. He co-managed KPMG’s IT Advisory Services group within Los Angeles and Orange County. Prior to working in the Advisory Services Group, Michael spent considerable time working in KPMG’s International Tax practice.

Executive Managers