Todd Nightingale, new CEO of Fastly

Fastly, a company specialized in the edge cloud world, has confirmed that Todd Nightingale, from Cisco, will be the company's new CEO.

The appointment of Nightingale culminates a extensive search process to identify the company's next leader. Joins Fastly from Cisco, where until now he directed the business strategy and the development efforts for Cisco's multimillion-dollar networking portfolio as executive vice president and general director of Enterprise Networking and Cloud. Nightingale, who also joins the Fastly board of directors Upon assuming office, he succeeds Joshua Bixby, who, as previously announced, will no longer be CEO and member of Fastly's Board of Directors, although he will remain with the company as an advisor.

Nightingale is known in the industry for its “technological leadership” and for betting on “powerful and simple solutions” for the corporate, educational and government spheres, as Fastly itself highlights. The new CEO of the company was senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Meraki business. Its commitment to offering a simple and secure digital workplace led to the Meraki portfolio expansion and growth, making it the largest cloud-managed network platform in the world. Nightingale joined Cisco with the acquisition of Meraki in 2012. She previously held engineering and senior management positions at AirDefense, where he was responsible for product development and guided the company through its acquisition by Motorola.

Artur Bergman, founder of Fastly, has highlighted his confidence in Nightingale, as he has the “capability” to “lead the company with the rigor and energy necessary to elevate Fastly to its next level of technological and product growth, including strong commercial traction and operational strengths.” David Hornik, miembro del consejo de administración de Fastly, también considera que el nuevo CEO podrá llevar a la compañía “a su próxima etapa de crecimiento”.

Finalmente, el propio Nightingale, en sus primeras declaraciones como CEO, ha afirmado sentirse “honrado y agradecido por la oportunidad de formar parte del equipo de Fastly”.