Sean Li has been appointed Senior Vice President Regional Sales and Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Japan at Akamai. He is taking over from Parimal Pandya in this role.
Based in the region, Sean will drive growth at Akamai across the entire Asia Pacific and Japan regions. The scope of his responsibility includes building and maintaining customer partnerships in the region as well as executing Akamai's strategic objectives in collaboration with customers looking to leverage cloud, security, and artificial intelligence within their organisations in multiple markets.
Already, technology suppliers and their customers have been increasing their focus on doing business in Asia Pacific as demand for AI services continues to grow rapidly in both mature and rapidly digitising economies.
As companies look to establish an Asia Pacific presence, they will be confronted by a variety of different challenges related to latency, security, cloud adoption and data residency requirements due to the different rules governing each location they operate within.
Akamai has been offering its services to customers in Asia Pacific since 2003 and currently has over 2,000 customers using Akamai across verticals such as financial services, gaming, e-commerce, media, manufacturing and critical infrastructure. We also have partnerships with 150 other resellers and partners throughout our key markets in Asia Pacific.
During his more than ten years at Akamai, Li was the Vice President and Managing Director for Greater China; he was in charge of one of Akamai's biggest markets outside the USA.
Pandya will now lead the global sales strategy for Akamai's Cloud business. This change also indicates that the Asia Pacific and Japan leadership changes reflect larger changes in Akamai’s sales organisation as the company expands its Cloud Operations.
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"Asia Pacific continues to be a region of significant opportunity for Akamai, and Sean brings the leadership, technical depth, and customer centricity needed to lead the business into its next chapter.
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His track record of driving growth, building strong teams, and aligning innovation with customer needs positions him well to further strengthen Akamai's presence across the region," said Paul Joseph, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Services, Akamai.
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Though best known as a leading provider of content delivery and Edge Network services, Akamai has recently expanded its offerings into Cyber Security and Cloud computing. The recent regional leadership change demonstrates that large technology vendors are aligning their Cyber Security and Cloud businesses more closely to customer demand for A.I.-driven applications, especially in areas where applications are needed to run nearer to users and their real-time data locations.