Michael Young

Michael Young heads up Product Development for Afilias. He has been a principal resource in Afilias’ product development since the company’s inception in 2001. Currently, Michael manages the full life cycle of all products at Afilias ensuring their standards in quality, delivery and market viability across all functional areas.

Michael has over 15 years of experience in executive IT management concentrating in systems operations and software development management, and specializing in 24/7 high availability environments.. He has previously headed up technology operations for one of Canada's premier institutional brokerage houses, GMP Securities, and held a Senior Project Manager position at an Internet-based home delivery service, GroceryGateway.com.

Mr. Young holds a BA at the University of Toronto, and a MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell University.