Akamai Company Culture

Mr. Rick M. McConnell has been the President and General Manager of The Web Division at Akamai Technologies, Inc. since May 2016. Mr. McConnell served as the President of Products and Development at Akamai Technologies, Inc. since January 1, 2013. Mr. McConnell is responsible for managing Akamai's product divisions, including product engineering and corporate development teams. Since joining Akamai in 2011, Mr. McConnell has been instrumental in managing and scaling the development, innovation and productivity of Akamai's product divisions. Mr. McConnell served as an Executive Vice President of Products and Development at Akamai Technologies, Inc., from November 1, 2011 to December 2012. Mr. McConnell was responsible for leading Akamai's product divisions, including the company's Site, Enterprise Cloud and Media divisions and oversees all development and management of Akamai's market-leading product lines He served as Chief Executive Officer of Latitude Communications Inc. since September 2002 and President since August 2001. He joined Cisco in 2004 when Cisco acquired Latitude Communications, a provider of fully integrated voice and web conferencing solutions. He served in a number of senior executive positions at Cisco Systems. Mr. McConnell served as a Vice President and General Manager of the Unified Communications Business Unit in Cisco's Voice Technology Group, managing over 600 people around the globe with a focus on engineering and product management. His time at Cisco also includes having led strategy and operations for the company's $5 billion Communications and Collaboration business. He served as Vice President, Collaboration Software Sales at Cisco and was responsible for global WebEx sales and for Cisco's workspace applications, including conferencing and client software. Mr. McConnell served as Chief Operating Officer at Cisco from August 2001 to September 2002. He has 25 years of product and business development expertise, with focus on Internet communications and collaboration technologies. He served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Latitude Communications Inc. from December 1998 to August 2001 and Vice President of Administration from December 1998 to February 2001. Mr. McConnell served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration of Storm Technology, Inc., from January 1994 to November 1998. Mr. McConnell served as Director of Finance and Administration of Storm from June 1992 to January 1994. Mr. McConnell served as Principal Accounting Officer of Storm Technology Inc. From July 1987 to June 1990. Mr. McConnell was employed as a Financial Engineer of The First Boston Corporation (formerly Credit Suisse First Boston). Mr. McConnell served as a Director of Latitude Communications Inc., since September 2002. Mr. McConnell holds a B.A. degree in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. William Wheaton, also known as Bill, has been the Chief Strategy Officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc. since March 7, 2017. Mr. Wheaton served as Executive Vice President of Media Division of Akamai Technologies, Inc. since July 2015 until February 2017 and served as its Senior Vice President. Mr. Wheaton leads the Akamai team responsible for products and solutions that make video and software applications accessible and complex media content easy to use. His service at Akamai includes roles as Vice President of Digital Media Solutions, supporting key digital media customers and driving innovation at Akamai to help customers take advantage of emerging opportunities. He has also served as the Director of Streaming Sales at Akamai, overseeing streaming sales efforts including partnership programs. He served as General Manager of Media Division at Akamai Technologies, Inc. since February 2016 until March 7, 2017. Prior to Akamai, Mr. Wheaton worked at Intervu, where he managed the Business Communications Sales Group supporting customers like CCBN, MCI, AT&T, Sprint and others. He has started and sold several businesses including VCS Technologies, which he sold to Intervu in 1999. Mr. Wheaton started his career at Procter & Gamble and moved to Pfizer before starting his entrepreneurial ventures. He has a B.S. degree from WPI and an MBA from NYU.

Dr. Robert Blumofe, also known as Bobby, has been an Executive Vice President of Platform Division at Akamai Technologies, Inc. since January 2013 and has been its General Manager of Enterprise Division since November 07, 2017. Dr. Blumofe is responsible for operating and evolving the distributed system underlying all Akamai products and enabling the success and innovation of customers, partners and network operators. Dr. Blumofe also leads the teams responsible for the global strategy and deployment of Akamai's network infrastructure, as well as Akamai's internal IT department. He served as a Senior Vice President of Networks and Operations at Akamai Technologies, Inc. from 2008 to 2012 and served as its General Manager of Enterprise & Carrier Division since April 26, 2016 until November 07, 2017. Serving as one of Akamai's Chief Architects, Dr. Blumofe was instrumental in the early design and development of the Akamai Network. He has led all of Networks and Operations at Akamai Technologie since 2004 and served as its Vice President of Networks and Operations. Dr. Blumofe joined Akamai in 1999 to lead its first performance team. Prior to Akamai, Dr. Blumofe served as an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is widely published in the areas of algorithms and systems for highly distributed and parallel computing. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT and a Bachelor of Science degree from Brown University.

Mr. Mani Sundaram has been Senior Vice President of Global Services & Support at Akamai Technologies, Inc. since March 7, 2017. Mr. Sundaram leads Professional Services, Services Product Management and Marketing, Security Services (including the Security Operations Centers), Account Management and Customer Support. He joined Akamai in 2007 as an Architect in Professional Services consulting with large media businesses. He was instrumental to creating a new services and support paradigm leveraged by Akamai customers to manage the largest online events in the world. He has also been responsible for assimilating Akamai's services teams around the world into a single, global organization. With the integration of Prolexic security services into Akamai's global services organization, for example, he helped establish Akamai as a leading security vendor. Prior to Akamai, he worked in various roles in engineering, marketing and client services at Virtify Inc. and Stratus Technologies. Mr. Sundaram has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University, a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems from BITS Pilani in India and has completed the Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management from Harvard University Extension School.

Mr. Aaron Ahola has been Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Akamai Technologies, Inc. since October 1, 2017. Mr. Ahola served as Deputy General Counsel of Akamai Technologies, Inc. until October 1, 2017. Mr. Ahola joined Akamai in 2000 and served as its Assistant General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. His experience at Akamai has covered securities, mergers and acquisitions, global compliance, litigation management, patent and intellectual property, international regulations, commercial contracting, employment, risk management and public policy. Prior to Akamai, Mr. Ahola was an Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston. He received a JD from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Tufts University.

Dr. Michael M. Afergan, also known as Mike, has been Senior Vice President of Products - Asia Pacific & Japan at Akamai Technologies, Inc. since April 2015. Dr. Afergan served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Web Experience Division of Akamai Technologies, Inc. Dr. Afergan leads the Akamai team responsible for a powerful set of integrated technologies that enable businesses to leverage the web with instant and aware experiences across any device anywhere. With a focus on site optimization, web application acceleration, and mobile, the Akamai Web Experience Division builds products and solutions for the situational performance challenges that are part of today's new web reality. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of Akamai Technologies since October 18, 2005. He works with Akamai Engineering and Product Management to develop and articulate Akamai Technologies Inc.'s technical vision and strategy. He is a veteran of Akamai's distinguished engineering organization. He joined Akamai in 1999 and has served in various roles within Akamai's Engineering and Product Management departments, including Director of Technology Strategy and Director of Load Balancing and Mapping. In these roles, he was instrumental in helping to drive innovation based on customer requirements, working on a variety of Akamai's products and directly with many of Akamai's largest customers. Dr. Afergan was the second employee at Constant Contact, a pioneering software as a service (SaaS) provider, and ran a software consulting company for over ten years, working for a variety of companies ranging from Bose and Fidelity to start-ups. Dr. Afergan previously ran a software consulting company for over ten years, provided technology training internationally. He serves as a Director of Mercury Payment Systems, LLC. He had been a Director of Mercury Payment Systems, Inc. since 2010. He has also designed and led several technology training courses internationally. At MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and at Harvard, he has conducted research in the areas of networking and distributed systems. This includes the impact of economic incentives on networked systems, reliable networking and content distribution protocols, and wireless protocols and architectures. He has authored a number of academic publications on these topics. He served as a teaching fellow and guest lecturer at Harvard University. He has authored several academic papers, trade magazine articles, and books including Java Quick Reference (Macmillan), which is translated into six languages. He returned to graduate school in September 2003, and has come back to Akamai full time after receiving his PhD in Computer Science from MIT, where his research focused on networking and distributed systems. Dr. Afergan graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard College with an A.B. in Computer Science and a focus on Economics. He holds a S.M. from Harvard University and a PhD from MIT, both in Computer Science. He is also a graduate of the Greater Boston Executive Program from the Sloan School at MIT.

Mr. Noam Freedman serves as the Chief Network Architect and Senior Vice President of Networks at Akamai Technologies, Inc. With over fifteen years of experience in management and technical leadership roles, Mr. Freedman has responsibility for Akamai's Network organization and is jointly responsible for Akamai's Global Carrier Strategy team. He served as Vice President of Networks at Akamai Technologies, Inc. Mr. Freedman joined Akamai in 1999 to lead its Network Architecture team. He served as a Chief Architect on Akamai's Architecture Board since 2002, and provides technical vision, oversight, and review for engineering and operations efforts across Akamai. He has led the Global Network organization since 2006. Prior to joining Akamai, he was a member of a computational research group at Argonne National Labs and a lecturer in the Masters Program in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. Mr. Freedman holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Adam Karon has been Executive Vice President and General Manager of Media & Carrier Divisions at Akamai Technologies, Inc. since March 7, 2017 and since November 07, 2017 respectively and served as its General Manager of Media Division from March 7, 2017 to November 07, 2017. Mr. Karon served as Senior Vice President of Global Services & Support at Akamai Technologies, Inc. until March 7, 2017. Mr. Karon led Professional Services, Sales Engineering, Account Management and Customer Support at Akamai Technologies, Inc. He served as Vice President of Global Services and Support at Akamai Technologies, Inc. He has more than 18 years of organizational management, business operations and technical experience. Since joining Akamai in 2004, Mr. Karon has been a key contributor to the growth of the company's services organization from its early beginnings to its current position as a leading global services provider, working with the Internet's most influential companies. Mr. Karon joined Akamai from Leftbrain Solutions, where he served as Client Director for General Electric's Power Systems division and was the lead for their Procure to Pay digitalization effort.

Mr. Stuart Scholly has been Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security Division of Akamai Technologies, Inc. since February 2014. Mr. Scholly has more than 20 years of technology, product management, HealthCare IT and Life Sciences experience in product development and design, sales and marketing, customer support, quality assurance and consulting at companies such as Allscripts, MasterChart, Abbott and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. He served as the President of Prolexic Technologies Inc. since May 13, 2011. He served as the Chief Operating Officer at Aptus Health, Inc. (Also known as Physicians Interactive, Inc.). He was responsible for Physician Interactives' creative services, business systems, software development and technical operations, including program management and customer service. He oversaw the development of the Relationship Management Platform and the Physician Marketing product lines and services. Prior to Physicians Interactive, he worked at Allscripts as a Vice President of Strategic Relationships and was responsible for eHealth strategies and partner relationships. He also served as a Vice President of Product Management from 2000 to 2004 and was responsible for the development of Allscripts TouchWorks electronic health record and electronic prescribing systems. He serves as a Director of NetSPI, Inc. He served as a Member of the original Allscripts design team that introduced the first wireless Windows PocketPC applications for healthcare. He is the 2010 Illinois Technology Association winner of the Spotlight Award, awarded to the Chief Technology Officer/Chief Information Officer for leadership and outstanding contributions in the application of information technology. He received his Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Science in Economics and English from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.