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Limelight Networks Inc.

(LLNW) is in the Business Services Industry

Market Cap:$319.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$103.1M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

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 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 more than 850 of the world's top media companies, including Akimbo, Amazon Unbox(TM), Belo Interactive, Brightcove, "BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM, ITV Play, Metacafe, MSNBC.com, MySpace, NC Interactive, Valve Software, Radio Free Virgin and Xbox Live.

Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey W. Lunsford
Number of Employees 239
Contact Information

2220 West 14th Street

Tempe, Arizona 85281

www.limelightne...

602 850 5000

NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499

Recent Events

  • Limelight Reports Q3

    11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Limelight Networks Introduces XD, the Company's Next-Generation Global Network Platform

    10/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Does Limelight's New XD Platform Threaten Akamai's High-Margin Business?

    10/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Limelight Networks rolls out next-gen platform

    10/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Limelight NetworksR Introduces LimelightDELIVER XDTM and

    10/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Limelight NetworksR Introduces XD, the Company's Next-Generation Global Network Platform

    10/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Limelight Networks to help Netflix customers see the 'Wizard'

    10/02/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Pacific Crest Securities Downgrades Limelight Networks LLNW to Sector Perform

    10/01/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 8/28: TRBN, DRJ, ARUN, OVTI Higher; VG, CPWM, IMMU, LLNW Lower

    8/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Limelight NetworksTM Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

    8/06/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Astoria Completes Financing Round

    7/28/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

limelight networks inc. and pricing - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Jeffrey W. Lunsford Chief Executive Officer
Douglas S. Lindroth Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Hale Chief Financial Officer
Michael Gordon Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Nathan Raciborski Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer
David Hatfield Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Services and Marketing
Dan FitzSimons Vice President, North America Sales
Erik Gabler Vice President & GM, International Operations
George Meek Vice President, Europe
Hong Xia Vice President, Worldwide Technical Services
Lou Greco Vice President, North American Enterprise Sales and Channel Operations
Matthew H. Sturgess Vice President, Asia, Pacific
Mike Sawyer Vice President of Marketing
Shinji Tsukamoto Vice President, Japan
Allan Kaplan Co-Founder
Bill Rinehart Founder
Jon Corley

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
David Peterschmidt Board of Directors
Fred Harman Board of Directors
Joseph Gleberman Board of Directors
Mark Jung Board of Directors
Peter Perrone Board of Directors
Walter D. Amaral Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
WebSideStory, Inc. CEO Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
WebSideStory, Inc. Chairman Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Chairman Current
Digital Domain, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Midtown Bank & Trust Company Board of Directors Current
Togethersoft Corporation chief executive officer Former
WebSideStory, Inc. President Former
Brintech, Inc. president Former
WebSideStory, Inc. Acting Chief Financial Officer Former
S1 Corporation senior vice president of corporate Former
Brintech, Inc. co-founder Former
WebSideStory, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Georgia Institute of Technology B.S. degree in information and computer sciences Former

Doug Lindroth is chief financial officer for Limelight Networks, Inc. In this role he is responsible for company-wide treasury, tax, audit, financial and managerial reporting, forecasting and planning. Prior to joining Limelight, Mr. Lindroth served as a General Partner of Bayview Investment Company. He is a member of the Board of Directors of BakBone Software Incorporated, a developer and distributor of data backup, restoration, disaster recovery, replication and storage reporting software, where he also served as Chief Financial Officer from April 2007 to May 2007. From 1997 through February 2006, Mr. Lindroth served in various capacities for Memec Group Holdings Limited, a privately held company and a specialty semiconductor distributor, including as its Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2003.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Current
WebSideStory, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BakBone Software Incorporated Board of Directors Current
BakBone Software Incorporated Chief Financial Officer Former
Otium Software Ltd Chief Financial Officer Former
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Former
San Diego State University BA Former

Matt Hale joined Limelight Networks as Chief Financial Officer in December 2006. Matt has served in leadership positions with technology based companies since 1988, including roles as President S1 Corporation, Chief Financial Officer S1 Corporation (NASDAQ: SONE) from 2000 to 2006. He also served in other Chief Financial Officer positions with CCI-Triad, Arrowsmith Technologies, Maspar Computers and Masstor Systems. Matt also served for over 8 years on the professional staff of Ernst & Young (formerly Ernst and Whinney). Matt is a member of the California and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. Matt graduated from Idaho State University with a BBA in Accounting.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Idaho State University Bba In Accounting. Former

Mike’s charter is to ensure that Limelight Networks supports the emerging digital media strategies and business models of today's media companies. Prior to Limelight Networks, Mike co-founded Axient Communications, which built a nationwide next-generation Internet network; co-founded Cyclone Commerce, an enterprise software company that provides cross-enterprise collaboration solutions; and co-founded Gateway Data Sciences Corporation, a software and services company. Mike has also held marketing and management positions at IBM and National City Bank.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Current
Cyclone Commerce, Inc. Founder Former
International Business Machines Corporation Former

Nathan is a proven entrepreneur and technologist with a successful track record translating new technology into significant commercial ventures. Currently a partner of Cocoon Capital, an Internet incubator and venture fund, he contributes unparalleled experience in the creation of successive generations of leading-edge Internet delivery models. Prior to Limelight Networks, Nathan was a founder and CTO of Aerocast, a secure broadband streaming venture backed by Motorola and Liberty Media. He also co-founded and managed Internet distribution companies, such as Axient Communications, Entera (acquired by CacheFlow in 2000) and Primenet Services for the Internet, which merged with GlobalCenter and was subsequently acquired by Frontier Communications, where Nathan served as President of Network Services.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Liberty Media Corporation Former
Motorola, Inc. Former

David joined Limelight Networks in March 2007 to lead the company's global sales and marketing teams and direct its product management, technical services and customer care organisations. He brings 17 years of marketing and sales leadership experience across the high technology landscape, with emphasis on content delivery, application performance and storage, security and infrastructure management. Before joining Limelight Networks, David was Vice President and General Manager of Symantec Professional Services for the Americas — having joined Symantec through the acquisition of Veritas, where he successfully integrated an enterprise sales team of nearly 400 associates. Prior to Veritas, he led the North American direct sales organisation at Akamai Technologies, playing a key role in establishing the company as a leading content delivery services provider. David's earlier positions include Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at Reardon Commerce (formerly Talaris Corporation) and leadership roles at Gartner Group and Xerox Corporation.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Services and Marketing Current

Dan leads the company’s North America field sales teams focused on global and strategic accounts. For 16 years before joining Limelight Networks in May 2007, he held a number of sales leadership roles across North America, Europe and Latin America, including an expatriate assignment in London with pan-EMEA responsibilities. Dan brings a track record of high growth performance, organisation-structuring and market expansion in sectors such as enterprise software, IT services and hardware at Symantec/Veritas, Gartner and Xerox.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President, North America Sales Current

Erik has more than 10 years of experience working with leading network and content distribution organisations. Prior to joining Limelight Networks, he served as National Director of Co-location Sales for WebVision, an ASP and operator of Internet Data Centres. Erik also served as Director of ISP Sales for GlobalCenter, a unit of Frontier Communications, where he built and managed successful sales organisations. He also held senior sales positions with GST Telecommunications, Metropolitan Fiber Systems and Qwest Communications.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President & GM, International Operations Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Senior Vice President, Business Development Former
Qwest Communications International Inc. Former
GlobalCenter Director Former
Arizona State University B.A. In Organizational Communications Former

George Meek leads the European Division of Limelight Networks. George brings to Limelight a keen sense of international marketing and strategy as well as established relationships with some of the largest names in the content, ISP and media arenas. He was a significant contributor to the growth of several leading network companies, including Gigabell Ltd, NeosNetworks Ltd and Packet Exchange Ltd. Notably, as the Account Director at PacketExchange, he helped the company establish itself as the largest Wide Area Peering Exchange in the world. Other career accomplishments include bringing the first three long haul Ethernet clients to NeosNetworks, as well as bringing the first ISP National Network deal into the same organization. George studied for a BSc in Technical Media at the University of Plymouth.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President, Europe Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Director of European Operations for Limelight Former

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Technical Services Current

An industry veteran, Lou Greco has more then ten years' experience building and leading high-technology sales organizations. As VP of Sales, Lou is charged with leading North American Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Account Management groups as the company rapidly scales to meet growing demand for content delivery of video, music, games and downloads over the Internet. Prior to Limelight, Lou held a variety of key sales management positions with UUNET Technologies during a seven-year tenure with the company. Positions included Manager of Enterprise Hosting and Co-location, a highly successful sales organization where Lou forged relationships with some of the world's most renowned brands and fortune 500 companies. Prior to that position, Lou served as UUNET's Regional Sales Manager, where he was responsible for all hosting sales within the Western United States and Asia. Lou has also held sales, sales management and business development positions with MCI WorldCom, the Cable and Wireless Americas as well as G.E. Capital. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. degree in Mass Media Communication and English Literature.

Organization Position Status
Solutions Engineering, Inc Vice President of Sales Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President, North American Enterprise Sales and Channel Operations Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President, North American Sales Former
Enterprise Hosting Co Manager Former
UUNET Regional Sales Manager Former
UUNET Technologies Former
Limelight, Inc. Former
General Electric Capital Corporation Former
University of Connecticut B.A. Degree In Mass Media Communication Former

Based in the Asia Pacific region since the early 90's, Matthew has held senior management positions at Cable & Wireless/Digital Island, Factiva, Dow Jones Interactive Publishing and most recently as CEO of Dragon Consulting Group in Hong Kong. He has been a driving force in the evolution of content delivery networks in Asia. As regional head of corporate development at Digital Island Inc. (acquired by Cable & Wireless PLC) he was in charge of the multi-million dollar deployment and management of their caching and streaming infrastructure. He was also responsible for strategic relationships, channel sales partners and other business development activities. Prior to joining Limelight Networks, Matthew helped overseas companies in the online gaming, networking/content delivery and peer to peer space to expand their presence outside of their home markets into countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia etc. He is considered to be the region's leading authority on content delivery network technologies and has been invited to speak at numerous events promoting the benefits of utilizing such services to deliver an excellent customer experience.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President, Asia, Pacific Current
Cable & Wireless plc Head of Corporate Development Former
Digital Island Head of Corporate Development Former

Mike Sawyer is responsible for corporate marketing, product marketing and product development with over 15 years of technology marketing experience. Prior to joining us, Mike served as a partner at Milestone Equity Partners, a private equity firm. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Aerocast, a secure broadband streaming media services company. Mike has also held marketing and management positions at NetObjects, Entera, GlobalCenter, and NetManage. Mike received a B.A. in Business Administration from Washington State University and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President of Marketing Current
Netobjects Former
NetManage, Inc. Former
GlobalCenter Former
Limelight, Inc. Former
Santa Clara University M.B.A. Former
Washington State University B.A. In Business Administration Former

Shinji leads our business operations for the unique and strategic market of Japan. With more than 14 years of media and online advertising experience, he has a proven record of building and leading innovative technology companies. Most recently, Shinji served as Senior Director for Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions in the MSN Japan organisation, where he was responsible for the revenue of all Microsoft online media advertising and for launching the MDAS brand itself. His 14-year career of industry leadership also includes positions as President and Chief Operating Officer of Critical Path Japan K.K. and management positions in the Internet business segment of Mitsui & Co.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Vice President, Japan Current

Allan is a Managing Partner for Clearview Investment Partners and a Venture Partner for Silicon Alley Venture Partners. As a co-founder of three successful Internet infrastructure companies, he has extensive experience building and investing in companies focused on next-generation data communications and Internet infrastructure, services and software. Prior to co-founding Limelight Networks, Allan co-founded Entera, an innovative content distribution company acquired by CacheFlow in December 2000. He was also a founder of Primenet Services for the Internet, a nationwide ISP that merged with web hosting leader GlobalCenter in 1998. Allan served as Vice President of Operations and member of the Board.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Co-Founder Current
GlobalCenter Senior Vice President and Board Member Former
Limelight Networks, Inc. Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Founder Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
MFS Communications General Manager Former
GlobalCenter Manager Former
Ball State University B.S. In Business Administration Former

Jon Corley is vice president of software development for Limelight Networks, Inc. In this role, he manages research and development for caching, streaming and data platforms and provides guidance and direction for development teams. In evaluating industry technologies applicable to Limelight's business, Jon draws on more than a decade of experience managing software design and development for cutting-edge Internet communications firms. Before joining Limelight, Jon was senior director for network operations with Thomson NetG, managing the online knowledge delivery platform and all interrelated components, including software, services, hardware and networking. Jon joined Thomson through its acquisition of KnowledgeNet, where as one of the initial employees he was vital to the successful ramp and scaling of the service. Jon's previous positions include network architect at Visitalk.com and area solutions architect for Inacom Information Services.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Current
Visitalk.com, Inc. Network Architect Former
Arizona State University B.S. in Computer Science Former

Organization Position Status
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Business Objects S.A. Board of Directors Current
Wam!Net Board of Directors Current
Netblue, LLC Board of Directors Current
Ugs Plm Software Board of Directors Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Savvis, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Inktomi Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
Securify, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Openwave Systems Inc. President & CEO Former
Open Wave CEO Former
Open Wave President Former
Sybase, Inc. chief operating officer Former
Inktomi Corporation Chairman Former
Securify, Inc. Chairman Former
Chapman College M.B.A. Former
University of Missouri B.A. in Political Science Former

Organization Position Status
Oak Investment Partners General Partner Current
Golden State Warriors Co-Owner Current
Razorgator, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Reunion.Com Board of Directors Current
Knowledge Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Rearden Commerce, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sutherland Global Services Board of Directors Current
Talisma Corporation Board of Directors Current
Frsfatigue Board of Directors Current
Com Shop, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sacred Heart Schools, Inc Board of Directors Current
Demand Media, Inc Board of Directors Current
Connexus Corp. Director Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sacred Heart Schools, Inc Trustee Current
Morgan Stanley General Partner Former
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners General Partner Former
Hughes Communications, Inc. Business Development Former
Stanford University Hughes Fellow Former
Qpass, Inc. Investor Former
Sanmina-SCI Corporation Investor Former
Ilog, Inc. Investor Former
aQuantive, Inc. Investor Former
Com Shop, Inc. Investor Former
Aspect Software, Inc. Investor Former
SPSS Inc. Investor Former
Fastclick Investor Former
Aventail Corporation Investor Former
Anixter - IMS Investor Former
Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc. Investor Former
Cobalt Llp Investor Former
Pivotal Corporation Investor Former
Inktomi Corporation Investor Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Stanford University MS In Electrical Engineering Former
Stanford University BS Former

Organization Position Status
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Managing Director Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Managing Director Current
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Vice President Former

Walter D. Amaral has served as a director since May 2007. Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., a provider of GPS enabled technology, from August 2000 to March 2006. Prior to that, from August 1997 to August 2000, Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of S3 Incorporated. From April 1995 to August 1997, Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NetManage, Inc., a software company. From May 1992 to May 1995, Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Maxtor Corporation, a computer storage device company. From May 1977 to May 1992, Mr. Amaral worked in several finance and marketing positions, the most recent of which was Corporate Controller, at Intel Corporation. Mr. Amaral holds a B.S. in Accounting from California State University, San Jose.

Organization Position Status
Limelight Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Cfo & Senior Vice President Former
NetManage, Inc. CFO Former
NetManage, Inc. senior vice president Former

Executive News

  • Tervela Names Technology Veteran to CEO Post

    Interest!ALERT - 9/08/09 - View Story

  • Tervela Names Technology Veteran to CEO Post

    Baltimore Business Journal - 9/08/09 - View Story

  • Limelight Networks Chief Executive Officer Jeff Lunsford to Present at 12th Annual Kaufman Brothers Investor Conference

    Reuters - 8/25/09 - View Story

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     LLNW $3.77 -0.12 (-3.08% )
Average Volume 237,954
Shares Outstanding 84.67M
Market Cap 319.2M
Year High 5.78
Year Low 2.05
Earnings Per Share 0.34
P/E Ratio 11.09
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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