CDNetworks Completes US Expansion Adds VP of Sales
San Jose, CA – October 24, 2007 – CDNetworks (KOSDAQ: 073710), a top 3 global content delivery network (CDN) and #1 Asia CDN, today announced the completion of its US network infrastructure build out including delivery of 100% service level agreements (SLAs). In a move to accelerate global growth, CDNetworks adds two seasoned industry executives – Robert J. Gribnau as Vice President of Sales for the US and Europe and Frances Mann-Craik as Vice President of Communications.
CDNetworks, which opened its doors in the US less than one year ago, has completed a highly distributed network infrastructure deployment in the US. Maintaining a key focus on customer service, CDNetworks has delivered 100% SLAs to its global enterprise, on-line gaming, and streaming media customers. Reliability is rated as a top criteria, along with flexible operations practices and responsiveness to customer needs, for selecting a CDN service provider.
“Reliability is crucial. If the network doesn’t do its job, our game doesn’t work. CDNetworks service is an essential part of our game service,” said Andy Wong, Director of Systems Management, K2 Network, Inc.
“I am excited to be joining CDNetworks at a time when it is poised for exponential growth,” said Robert Gribnau, CDNetworks VP of Sales for the US and Europe. “We are building significant US and European sales teams to leverage CDNetworks’ ability to deliver content worldwide.” Robert brings key industry experience from his former roles as VP and General Manager CDN at Internap and senior executive roles at Akamai Technologies and Speedera Networks. Frances Mann-Craik, head of Addison Marketing, brings Senior VP experience from GorillaPark and Tornado-Insider to her role of Vice President of Communications, as well as executive marketing roles at Hewlett-Packard and Oracle.
“CDNetworks is now able to successfully deliver content in all the major markets around the world,” said Simon Lee, CEO of CDNetworks US. “This is just the beginning of CDNetworks as a global CDN provider. With our network fully built and the addition of seasoned industry executives, CDNetworks is now ready to take on major customers in the US, Europe, and Asia.”
About CDNetworks
CDNetworks, a global top three content delivery network (CDN) service provider and the #1 CDN in Asia, delivers fast, reliable, and cost-effective solutions to transport large digital media files over the Internet. CDNetworks provides “Accelerate Your Play, Accelerate Your Service” solutions to world-leading online gaming publishers, broadcasters, social networking websites, and e-Learning providers. CDNetworks was founded in 2000 in Seoul, Korea and is publicly traded on Korea’s KOSDAQ exchange. For more information please visit: www.cdnetworks.com.
