Akamai Appoints Fari Ebrahimi As Chief Information Officer

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7 years ago

Akamai Appoints Fari Ebrahimi As Chief Information Officer

Cloud delivery company Akamai Technologies, Inc., announced today the appointment of Fari Ebrahimi as senior vice president and chief information officer.

Ebrahimi most recently served as SVP and global CIO of Avaya, leading the company’s digital transformation for 11,000 global employees, 10,000 partners, and thousands of customers worldwide. Prior to Avaya, he spent 13 years at Verizon Communications in executive IT roles, including president of Verizon Information Technologies and SVP and CIO of Verizon Services Operations, leading more than 4,000 technology professionals focused on streamlining operations across Verizon.

“Fari brings an impressive and proven background of IT operations excellence to Akamai,” said CEO Tom Leighton. “He has demonstrated both significant results and cost savings in leading complex enterprise transformations, especially in the areas of cloud, mobile and security. We look forward to combining his talents with our existing strong IT team.”

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