Akamai Adds Two Industry-Renowned Engineers to R&D Team
"We're excited to welcome aboard two very talented individuals whose engineering expertise has been critical to the technological advancements of the Internet," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "Their efforts to improving the Web's infrastructure has enabled many of today's leading businesses to experience a more robust Internet. Their contributions and industry leadership will be of extraordinary value to extending Akamai's technology for Internet content delivery."
Prior to joining Akamai, Peter Danzig collaborated on the development of Network Appliance's NetCache, developing the product to be a leading solution for intelligently distributing frequently viewed Web content. His distinguished career also includes helping to found the Internet Middleware Corporation in 1995. Aimed at building Web caching solutions, Internet Middleware was acquired by Network Appliance in March of 1997.
Peter's career extends into academia including his appointment in 1990 as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He received teaching awards for his creation of an undergraduate class in simulation techniques, and for modernizing his laboratory class in computer networks and distributed systems. Peter received his B.S. in Applied Physics in 1982 from the University of California Davis, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California Berkeley.
Chuck Neerdaels brings to Akamai extensive knowledge of today's leading proxy servers and the requirements necessary for building network-based services. Having served as Inktomi's Development Manager for the company's Traffic Server, his responsibilities included management of the engineering staff, as well as technical and pre-sales support. He also helped define the strategic direction of the product and partnerships. Before joining Inktomi in December 1997, Chuck served as a lead engineer at Netscape, and was responsible for managing the Netscape Proxy server. He joined Netscape in October 1995. Chuck received his B.A.E.M. in Aerospace Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Akamai presents the second opportunity for which the two engineers will work together. Under the auspices of the federally-funded Harvest Information Discovery System, or 'Harvest Project,' Peter Danzig and Chuck Neerdaels collaborated at the University of Southern California on one of the earliest designs for caching Internet backbone traffic. Peter led the Harvest Web cache and helped design the Harvest indexer projects from 1992-1995.
Peter Danzig's start date at Akamai is effective beginning September 20, 1999. Chuck Neerdaels' appointment is effectively immediately. They will both work out of Akamai's new West Coast facilities opening in the 4th quarter of 1999 (see the separate announcement dated Sep. 15 announcing the opening of Akamai's West Coast facilities.)
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
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Company welcomes Peter Danzig as Vice President of Technology and Chuck Neerdaels as Director of Engineering
CAMBRIDGE, MA, September 15, 1999 -- Akamai Technologies, which operates a global Internet content delivery service that speeds up Web performance, announced today two appointments to its Research & Development team. Joining Akamai is Peter Danzig as Vice President of Technology, and Chuck Neerdaels as Director of Engineering. Both individuals bring years of experience in the areas of Internet networking technology. Peter most recently served at Network Appliance where he was a key architect of Internet products and a contributor to the advancement of the NetCache appliances. Chuck joins Akamai from Inktomi where he was Development Manager for Inktomi's Traffic Server."We're excited to welcome aboard two very talented individuals whose engineering expertise has been critical to the technological advancements of the Internet," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "Their efforts to improving the Web's infrastructure has enabled many of today's leading businesses to experience a more robust Internet. Their contributions and industry leadership will be of extraordinary value to extending Akamai's technology for Internet content delivery."
Prior to joining Akamai, Peter Danzig collaborated on the development of Network Appliance's NetCache, developing the product to be a leading solution for intelligently distributing frequently viewed Web content. His distinguished career also includes helping to found the Internet Middleware Corporation in 1995. Aimed at building Web caching solutions, Internet Middleware was acquired by Network Appliance in March of 1997.
Peter's career extends into academia including his appointment in 1990 as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He received teaching awards for his creation of an undergraduate class in simulation techniques, and for modernizing his laboratory class in computer networks and distributed systems. Peter received his B.S. in Applied Physics in 1982 from the University of California Davis, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California Berkeley.
Chuck Neerdaels brings to Akamai extensive knowledge of today's leading proxy servers and the requirements necessary for building network-based services. Having served as Inktomi's Development Manager for the company's Traffic Server, his responsibilities included management of the engineering staff, as well as technical and pre-sales support. He also helped define the strategic direction of the product and partnerships. Before joining Inktomi in December 1997, Chuck served as a lead engineer at Netscape, and was responsible for managing the Netscape Proxy server. He joined Netscape in October 1995. Chuck received his B.A.E.M. in Aerospace Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Akamai presents the second opportunity for which the two engineers will work together. Under the auspices of the federally-funded Harvest Information Discovery System, or 'Harvest Project,' Peter Danzig and Chuck Neerdaels collaborated at the University of Southern California on one of the earliest designs for caching Internet backbone traffic. Peter led the Harvest Web cache and helped design the Harvest indexer projects from 1992-1995.
Peter Danzig's start date at Akamai is effective beginning September 20, 1999. Chuck Neerdaels' appointment is effectively immediately. They will both work out of Akamai's new West Coast facilities opening in the 4th quarter of 1999 (see the separate announcement dated Sep. 15 announcing the opening of Akamai's West Coast facilities.)
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
