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Robert Blumofe is the Senior Vice President of Networks and Operations at Akamai.
Dr. Blumofe leads the Akamai team responsible for the global strategy, deployment, operation, and security of Akamai's production and corporate infrastructure supporting all of the Company's services.
Dr. Blumofe joined Akamai in 1999 to lead the Company's first performance team. Serving as one of Akamai's chief architects, Dr. Blumofe was instrumental in the early design and development of the Akamai Network, which now handles hundreds of billions of Internet requests daily. He has led all of Networks and Operations since 2004, and most recently held the post of Vice President of Networks and Operations.
Prior to Akamai, Dr. Blumofe was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is widely published in the areas of algorithms and systems for highly distributed and parallel computing. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT and a Bachelor of Science degree from Brown University. | 