Chris Schoettle is Executive Vice President of Business Transformation at Akamai. Mr. Schoettle is advancing the company transformation to a distributed operating structure for product divisions and geographic regions, in order to accelerate product innovation and simplify how customers do business with Akamai.
Mr. Schoettle joined the Akamai executive management team in 2001 and has been responsible for Akamai’s market-leading product lines, the global technology platform, and company operations. He has led product management, product marketing, business development, engineering, network infrastructure, service operations, customer support, quality assurance, information security, and corporate IT. Mr. Schoettle has also led multiple acquisitions and integrations of technology companies for Akamai.
Prior to Akamai, Mr. Schoettle was President of Broadband Access at Lucent Technologies, managing the global business of broadband connectivity products for service providers. He was also Vice President and General Manager of VoIP Networks, leading Lucent's emerging business in Voice over IP.
At AT&T, Mr. Schoettle was General Manager of Next Generation IP Services, leading new enterprise services on the WorldNet ISP network. At Novell, he held positions in corporate business development, entering adjacent markets with networking and directory technology.
At Unix System Laboratories, Mr. Schoettle spent five years internationally based in London and Sydney, working with the major computer manufacturers and system integrators in the European and Asia/Pacific markets. He began his career as a programmer at NCR.
Mr. Schoettle graduated summa cum laude with B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics and computer science from Emory University, and has completed post-graduate programs at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and at the London Business School. He serves on the board of trustees for the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council.
