Mr. Neal Goldman

Former Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, GRYPHON NETWORKS CORP.


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Council Member Biography

Neal Goldman was most recently Vice President of Marketing and Product Management of Gryphon Networks. Prior to this he was Director of Product Marketing for Eluma, a social networking software platform for the desktop. He was responsible for developing product strategy, product positioning and go-to-market strategies. Previously, he was the Director of Marketing and Competitive Strategy at Akamai Technologies, an application service provider, where he created competitive positioning and marketing materials that reduced time to close sales and increased close percentage rates for $250 million provider of content acceleration services. Mr. Goldman is experienced in managing strategic alliances, technology licensing, and mergers and acquisitions. Previously, he held positions as Director of Application Infrastructure at the Yankee Group; Vice President of Business Development at Smarterkids.com and Dr. Solomon's Software; and management positions at FTP Software, Liant Software, and Symantec. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2009 - 2010
Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, GRYPHON NETWORKS CORP.
2006 - 2008
Director, ELUMA
2004 - 2005
Director of Market and Competitive Strategy, AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2000 - 2002
Director, The Yankee Group
1999 - 1999
VP of Business Development, Smarterkids.com
1996 - 1998
VP Corporate Development, DR SOLOMON'S SOFTWARE LTD

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Why Akamai Should Buy Limelight

June 19, 2008

Rumor: Akamai Tried To Buy Limelight During Trial (AKAM, LLNW) | www.alleyinsider.com

As recent quarter’s results show, Akamai’s core business is strong, traffic is growing and their largest revenue customers are secure. Limelight, on the other hand, isn’t executing as well as anticipated, has lost a patent lawsuit and finds itself squeezed between Akamai and smaller, low-cost competitors. Patent overhang and continued losses make Limelight unattractive to companies like Level3 or AT&T. Akamai would gain significant synergies by buying Limelight in ways that other CDN competitors could not.