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Akamai Appoints Carlos Ramon As VP Of Sales, General Manager

Akamai Technologies Inc, a provider of distributed computing solutions and services, announced that Carlos Ramon has been appointed vice president of sales and general manager, international to lead Akamai's international expansion, and to help increase global sales and awareness of its market-leading, Edge-based services and platform. Ramon will report to Robert Hughes, executive vice president of global sales and services.

Ramon brings over 15 years of international enterprise software sales expertise to Akamai. Until recently, Ramon served as vice president of global sales at HAHT Commerce, an award-winning provider of demand chain management applications. Prior to HAHT Commerce, Ramon was vice president of sales and international business development at PeopleSoft, and has also served as vice president and general manager of latin america at Vantive, a leading provider of CRM applications.

Speaking about his appointment, Ramon said, "I am very excited about the opportunities and challenges of my new role at Akamai. I have always been impressed with Akamai's unique value proposition of delivering content and applications on a global scale to many of the world's most important and demanding organizations. I am impressed with the team that I will be working with at Akamai and look forward to being a part of Akamai's international development and market expansion. Akamai has proven its understanding of local customer and market needs, and its ability to deliver the best service and solutions for a global customer base."

Akamai's Hughes stated, "Carlos brings a wealth of global sales and organizational experience to his new role at Akamai. Our international partners, customers and employees are an intrinsic part of Akamai's future expansion, and the appointment of Carlos will help us to deliver on a global level as we move forward into 2005 and beyond."