Akamai Elects C. Kim Goodwin to its Board of Directors
"We are pleased to welcome Kim to our Board of Directors, and we look forward to benefiting from her significant business expertise," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "Kim brings an impressive track record from her work with leading financial institutions, and her insights and contributions will be extremely helpful to Akamai as we work to grow our business."
Ms. Goodwin commented, "Akamai is among a group of leading technology companies that are having a profound impact on how business is done on the Internet. With solutions for e-business continuity, site security, and online commerce, for example, Akamai is helping to define how enterprises can bring efficiency and productivity to their Web operations. I am excited to lend my experience to such a talented company with technology that is truly becoming pervasive."
Overseeing State Street Research & Management Company's equity investments, Ms. Goodwin currently leads a team of portfolio managers, analysts, traders, and quantitative investments professionals responsible for $17 billion in broad equity assets, invested for individual and institutional investors.
Prior to her role at State Street Research & Management Company, Ms. Goodwin worked for Kansas City-based American Century Investments, where she was the chief investment officer for the company's domestic growth equity discipline. She has also served as a senior vice president with Putnam Investments, and a vice president and portfolio manager at Prudential Investments overseeing several Prudential mutual funds. Ms. Goodwin began her career as an assistant vice president with Mellon Bank.
Along with her business accomplishments, Ms. Goodwin appears frequently in the financial press, and has been featured in Time Magazine, USA Today, Investment News, and Barron's. Periodically, she can be seen on CNBC's "Morning Call," "Market Watch," "Business Center," and "Closing Bell." In addition, she has been a regular panelist on "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" since 1999.
Ms. Goodwin holds a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton, and two master's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin - one in public affairs from The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and an MBA degree in finance from The McCombs School of Business.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai on demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations - with full control - anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. Akamai is The Business Internet. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
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Seasoned investment specialist brings over seventeen years experience in financial services to the Akamai Board
CAMBRIDGE, MA - February 6, 2004 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, today announced the election of C. Kim Goodwin, managing director and chief investment officer-equities of State Street Research & Management Company, to the Akamai Board of Directors. With over seventeen years experience in investment and financial services, Ms. Goodwin's career includes senior executive positions at American Century Investments, Putnam Investments, Prudential Investments, and Mellon Bank."We are pleased to welcome Kim to our Board of Directors, and we look forward to benefiting from her significant business expertise," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "Kim brings an impressive track record from her work with leading financial institutions, and her insights and contributions will be extremely helpful to Akamai as we work to grow our business."
Ms. Goodwin commented, "Akamai is among a group of leading technology companies that are having a profound impact on how business is done on the Internet. With solutions for e-business continuity, site security, and online commerce, for example, Akamai is helping to define how enterprises can bring efficiency and productivity to their Web operations. I am excited to lend my experience to such a talented company with technology that is truly becoming pervasive."
Overseeing State Street Research & Management Company's equity investments, Ms. Goodwin currently leads a team of portfolio managers, analysts, traders, and quantitative investments professionals responsible for $17 billion in broad equity assets, invested for individual and institutional investors.
Prior to her role at State Street Research & Management Company, Ms. Goodwin worked for Kansas City-based American Century Investments, where she was the chief investment officer for the company's domestic growth equity discipline. She has also served as a senior vice president with Putnam Investments, and a vice president and portfolio manager at Prudential Investments overseeing several Prudential mutual funds. Ms. Goodwin began her career as an assistant vice president with Mellon Bank.
Along with her business accomplishments, Ms. Goodwin appears frequently in the financial press, and has been featured in Time Magazine, USA Today, Investment News, and Barron's. Periodically, she can be seen on CNBC's "Morning Call," "Market Watch," "Business Center," and "Closing Bell." In addition, she has been a regular panelist on "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" since 1999.
Ms. Goodwin holds a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton, and two master's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin - one in public affairs from The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and an MBA degree in finance from The McCombs School of Business.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, making the Internet predictable, scalable, and secure for conducting profitable e-business. The Akamai on demand platform enables customers to easily extend their Web operations - with full control - anywhere, anytime, without the cost of building out infrastructure. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai serves hundreds of today's most successful enterprises and government agencies around the globe. Akamai is The Business Internet. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
