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TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Limelight Networks, a leading
content delivery network (CDN)
for digital media, announced
today that Roxanne Ivory is
joining Limelight as vice
president of marketing. Ms.
Ivory will lead Limelight's
global marketing initiatives to
further develop the company's
brand and cement its leadership
position in the content delivery
market. Prior to joining
Limelight, Ms. Ivory served as
senior director of consumer
marketing for Motorola's
Connected Home business and also
held senior marketing and
communications positions at
Apple and Inktomi.
"Limelight
continues to expand at an
exceptional pace in order to
meet the ever-growing needs of
our customers and their rich
media content," said Jeff
Lunsford, CEO, Limelight
Networks. "Roxanne is a seasoned
executive with over 17 years of
experience marketing technology
products and services -- both
within B2C environments as well
as B2B -- and her skills and
experience matched precisely
what we were looking for in a
new head of marketing. We are
proud to deepen our executive
team strength with a proven
leader who can help drive our
business to new heights."
In addition to her role in
expanding and developing the
Limelight corporate brand, Ms.
Ivory will drive the company's
product and international
marketing, oversee corporate
communications, and build
marketing programs to support a
rapidly growing ecosystem of
Limelight partners.
"Limelight has been at the
forefront of a market created by
the growing demand for rich user
experiences," said Ivory. "As
Limelight leads the next wave of
advanced content delivery
solutions, I am honored by the
opportunity to join the
executive team, and look forward
to adding to the incredible
market momentum that Limelight
has created."
Ms. Ivory holds a bachelor's
degree in management information
systems and accounting from the
University of Arizona. She also
serves on the University of
Arizona's Eller Business School
Marketing Board.
About Limelight
Networks
Limelight Networks is a high
performance content delivery
network for digital media,
providing massively scalable,
global delivery solutions for
on-demand and live Internet
distribution of video, music,
games, software and social
media. Limelight Networks'
infrastructure is optimized for
the large object sizes, large
content libraries, and large
audiences associated with
compelling rich media content.
Limelight is the content
delivery network of choice for
over 1,000 companies, including
many of the world's top
Internet, media and
entertainment companies,
including Microsoft Xbox Live,
Sony Playstation 3, Akimbo,
Amazon Unbox(TM), Belo
Interactive, Brightcove, "BuyMusic"
@ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC,
Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM,
ITV Play, MSNBC.com, NC
Interactive and Valve. For more
information, visit
www.llnw.com.
Safe Harbor Act Disclaimer:
All forward-looking statements
contained in this release are
made within the meaning of and
pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward- looking
statements are statements other
than statements of historical
facts, including but not limited
to statements concerning Ms.
Ivory's role in the development
of the company's brand, her
ability to build marketing
programs and cement the
company's leadership position in
the CDN marketplace; and other
statements concerning the plans,
intentions, expectations,
projections, hopes, beliefs,
objectives, goals and strategies
of management. Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of
future performance or events and
are subject to a number of known
and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that could
cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed,
projected or implied by such
forward-looking statements.
Accordingly, there can be no
assurance that the results
expressed, projected or implied
by any forward-looking
statements will be achieved, and
readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements in
this press release speak only as
of the date hereof and are based
on the current plans, goals,
objectives, strategies,
intentions, expectations and
assumptions of, and the
information currently available
to, management. The Company
assumes no duty or obligation to
update or revise any
forward-looking statements for
any reason, whether as the
result of changes in
expectations, new information,
future events, conditions or
circumstances or otherwise.
Source:
Limelight Networks
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