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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
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Systems/Enterprise:
AKAMAI ELECTS C. KIM GOODWIN TO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Akamai Technologies Inc, a global leader in distributed computing solutions
and services, 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 17 years experience in
investment and financial services, 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."
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,
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, Goodwin
worked for Kansas City, Mo.-based American Century Investments, where she was
the chief investment officer for the company's domestic growth equity
discipline. She also has served as a senior vice president with Putnam
Investments, and a vice president and portfolio manager at Prudential
Investments overseeing several Prudential mutual funds. Goodwin began her
career as an assistant vice president with Mellon Bank.
Along with her business accomplishments, 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.
Goodwin holds a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton, and two
master's
degrees from the University of Texas -- 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.
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