BNET Industries
Market Cap:$31.0M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$78.4M
- Public
- CA
Dow Jones Description
Our mission is to make the Internet easier and more effective for users. We accomplish this by reducing the complexity our customers experience as they acquire, deliver or use Internet services such as domain name registration, hosted email and other Internet services. Our primary distribution channel is a global distribution network of more than 9,000 resellers, in more than 100 countries who typically provide their customers, the end-users of the Internet, with a critical component for establishing and maintaining an online presence. Our primary focus is serving the needs of this network of resellers by providing superior services, easy-to-use interfaces, proactive and attentive customer service, reseller-oriented technology and agile design and development processes. We seek to provide superior customer service to our resellers by anticipating their business needs and technical requirements. This includes providing easy-to-use interfaces that enable resellers to quickly and easily integrate our services into their individual business processes, and offering brandable end-user interfaces that emphasize simplicity and visual appeal. We also provide second tier support to our resellers by email and phone in the event resellers experience issues or problems with our services. ...
President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and DirectorElliot Noss
Number of Employees 200
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services: 518210
Recent Events
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Tucows Inc. reports financial results for the first quarter of 2009
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Tucows Inc. reports financial results for the first quarter of 2009
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Tucows Inc. reports financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008
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Tucows Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank You. We will now conduct a question and answer session. Operator instructions Your first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos – BMO Capital Markets Hi, good afternoon. Elliot Noss Hi, Thanos. Thanos Moschopoulos – BMO Capital Markets Hi....
Tucows Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now conduct the question-and-answer session. Operator instructions. Your first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos – BMO Capital Markets Hi, good afternoon. Elliot Noss Hi, Thanos. Thanos Moschopoulos – BMO Capital Markets Hi...
Tucows Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Markets Hi. Good afternoon. Elliot Noss Hi, Thanos. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Markets Hi, Elliot. To begin with, on your comments regarding the margin in...
Tucows, Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Thanos Moschopoulos – BMO Capital Markets Thanos Moschopoulos – BMO Capital Markets Can you just comment on the environment for large bulk sales, has that remained pretty consistent with what we’ve seen in the recent...
Tucows Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen we will now conduct the question and answer session Operator Instructions The first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos from BMO Capital Markets go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Markets Hi, Good afternoon. Elliot Noss Hi, Thanos. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO...
Tucows Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Markets Hi, good afternoon. Michael Cooperman Hi, Thanos. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Markets Elliot, just starting off with the question on the revised segmentation, the...
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Tucows Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos of BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Markets Good afternoon. You talked about how customer sign-ups were up 15% year over year following the price reduction. What would it look like on...
Tucows Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Ladies and gentlemen, we will now conduct a question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. One moment please for your first question. Your first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos of BMO Capital Market. Please go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Market Hi, good morning. ...
Tucows Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now conduct the question and answer session. Operator Instructions. One moment for your first question. Your first question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos of BMO Capital Market. Please go ahead. Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Market Hi good...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Elliot Noss | President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director |
| Michael Cooperman | Chief Financial Officer |
| Carla Goertz | Vice President, Human Resources |
| David Woroch | Vice President, Sales |
| Jeffrey Schwartz | Vice President of the Juvenile Division of Dorel Industries |
| Ken Schafer | Vice President Marketing |
| Ken Shafer | Vice President, Marketing Mgmt |
| Bill Sweetman | General Manager |
| Ross Rader | Director, Research and Innovation |
| Tukanas Link | Extractor |
| Michael H Smith | Software Image Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Stanley Stern | Chairman of the Board |
| Allen Karp | Board of Directors |
| Erez Gissin | Board of Directors |
| Eugene Fiume | Board of Directors |
| Frez Gissin | Board of Directors |
| Joichi Ito | Board of Directors |
| Lloyd N. Morrisett | Board of Directors |
Mr. Noss, 46, is our President and Chief Executive Officer and has served in such capacity since the completion of our merger with Tucows Delaware in August 2001. From May 1999 until completion of the merger in August 2001, Mr. Noss served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Tucows Delaware. Before that, from April 1997 to May 1999, Mr. Noss served as Vice President of Corporate Services of Tucows Interactive Ltd., which was acquired by Tucows Delaware in May 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director | Current |
| University of Toronto | Chairman of Board | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Vice President of Corporate Services | Former |
| Tucows, Inc. | Lawyer | Former |
| The University of Western Ontario | Mba and Llb | Former |
| University of Toronto | Ba | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Sales Force Automation Software | Former | |
| University of South Africa | Bachelor of Accounting Sciences Degree | Former |
Carla Goertz brings to Tucows more that 20 years of human resources experience, primarily in the Technology sector. She has held several senior roles, as VP Human Resources and Administration at Systems Xcellence Inc., and Castek Software Inc., as well as Director of Human Resources at Tech Data Canada Corp. Carla received her CHRP in 1994 and was educated at Sheridan College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| IBM Canada Ltd. | Vice President of Sales | Former |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | Bachelor of Business Administration Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dorel Industries Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Vice President of the Juvenile Division of Dorel Industries | Current |
| Dorel Industries Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Dorel Industries Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Dorel Industries Inc. | Vice President of the Juvenile Division | Former |
| McGill University | Former |
Widely seen as a pioneer of the Internet in Canada, Ken has tirelessly promoted the Net as a significant force in business and culture. Ken conceived and oversaw Sony Music Canada's early online initiatives. From their first site in 1995, Ken's team built a global web presence for 25 Canadian artists, by pioneering viral and email marketing, rich media and community building long before they had become buzzwords. In 1996 he co-founded (AIMS) where as the president he helped it become Canada's largest organization for Internet decision-makers. In 1997 he co-authored the online portion of the Canadian Marketing Association's Code of Ethics. Ken's volunteer work was recognized in 2002 when he was named a finalist for "Volunteer of the Year" at the Canadian New Media Awards.More recently, Ken developed the curriculum and now teaches the 14-week CMA's Certificate in E-marketing program. Today, he is the vice president of marketing for Tucows Inc. and a contributing editor for One Degree, Canada's leading web site for Internet marketing professional. Ken received his degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo and lives outside Toronto with his wife, parenting expert Alyson Schafer, and their two children.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ispcon | Vice President Product Management and Marketing, Tucows Inc. | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Vice President Marketing | Current |
| Ken Schafer | Current | |
| University of Waterloo | Degree In Mathematics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing Mgmt | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | General Manager | Current |
Ross has been with Tucows virtually from the beginning. He was the Director of Marketing at Canada's largest independent Internet Service Provider, Internet Direct. When Internet Direct acquired Tucows, Ross managed the implementation of OpenSRS. He became the Director Research and Innovation in 2001 with the responsibity to explore new lines of business and opportunities for Tucows' channel of wholesale providers. Ross has published articles on software, domain name registation and domain name policies and spoken at numerous industry events. He was educated at the University of Winnipeg.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Director, Research and Innovation | Current |
| Internet Direct | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Extractor | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Software Image Editor | Current |
Mr. Stern, 52, has been a Managing Director and Head of Technology and Financial Institutions, Investment Banking with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm, since April 2004. From February 2002 to March 2004, Mr. Stern served as a Managing Director and Head of Investment with C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, an investment banking firm. From January 2000 to February 2002, Mr. Stern served as Managing Director of STI Ventures Advisory USA Inc. and as a member of the Board of Directors and the investment committee of STI Ventures, a venture capital company focusing on the high technology market.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Fundtech Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Ashford.Com | Board of Directors | Current |
| Diamond.com | Director | Current |
| Odimo Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | Managing Director | Former |
| CIBC Oppenheimer | Partner | Former |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | Partner | Former |
| Stiventures | Board of Directors | Former |
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Queens College | B.S. | Former |
| City University of New York | Degrees | Former |
| Stiventures | Member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Real Estate Services Ltd. | Trustee and Chair of the Governance Committee | Current |
| Teknion Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Goodman and Carr Llp | Partner | Former |
Mr. Gissin, age 48, is the chief executive officer of BCID Ltd., an investment company focusing on infrastructure development projects in China. From July 2000 till March 2005, Mr. Gissin has served as the Chief Executive Officer of IP Planet Networks Ltd., an Israeli satellite communication operator providing Internet backbone connectivity and solutions to Internet Service Providers. Before that, from July 1995 to July 2000, Mr. Gissin was vice president, business development of Eurocom Communications Ltd., a holding company that controls several telecommunications services, equipment and Internet companies in Israel and elsewhere. Mr. Gissin is also a director of Partner Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTNR).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bcid | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Partner Communications Company Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Mr. Fiume, age 49, is a Professor (since 1995) and past Chair (1998-2004) of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where he also co-directs the Dynamic Graphics Project. Mr. Fiume s board positions include the Scientific Advisory Board of GMD, Germany, Max-Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication, TrueSpectra, Inc., Communications and Information Technology Ontario (CITO). In addition, Mr. Fiume serves on the advisory boards of CastleHill Ventures, PlateSpin, BitFlash, TrueSpectra, OctigaBay Systems and NGRAIN Corporation and the Executive Advisory Board of the IBM Lab in Toronto. Mr. Fiume also works with venture capital companies and SMEs on due diligence and strategy.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Smes | Current | |
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Neoteny Co.,Ltd | CEO | Current |
| Digital Garage, Inc. | Co-Founder | Current |
| Neoteny Co.,Ltd | Founder | Current |
| 3DSOLVE, Inc. | Founder, Neoteny | Current |
| Atocha Workshop | Current | |
| Icommonssummit.Org | Current | |
| Technorati, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Neoteny Co.,Ltd | Board of Directors | Current |
| 3DSOLVE, Inc. | Board of Advisors | Current |
| Web 2.0 Expo | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Osdir.Com | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cpsr Co | Board of Directors | Current |
| Digital Garage, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | Board of Directors | Former |
| Technology Network, Inc | Board Member | Former |
| Zerooneart | Board Member | Former |
| Creative Commons Corp | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tucows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tucows, Inc. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Former |
Executive News
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Tucows Inc. Enables More Web Hosting Companies and ISPs to Offer Trusted Protection With VeriSign SSL Certificates
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Tucows Inc. Enables More Web Hosting Companies and ISPs to Offer...
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Dorel to focus on integrating bike division in 09 instead of acquisitions
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Tucows Inc. reports financial results for the first quarter of 2009
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Tucows Inc. reports financial results for the first quarter of 2009
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Tucows Inc. reports financial results for the first quarter of 2009
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Tucows Appoints Rawleigh H. Ralls to its Board of Directors
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Tucows Appoints Rawleigh H. Ralls to its Board of Directors
| Volume | 14,510 |
| Shares Outstanding | 68.9M |
| Market Cap | 31.0M |
| Year High | 0.60 |
| Year Low | 0.25 |
| Earnings Per Share | 0.050 |
| P/E Ratio | 9.00 |
| Dividend | 0.00 |
| Yield | 0.00 |
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