TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Limelight Networks
(Nasdaq: LLNW), 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.
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development of the company's brand, her ability to build marketing programs
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SOURCE Limelight Networks
Contact: Kristen Leon of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, +1-415-547-7027, kristenl@waggeneredstrom.com, for Limelight Networks