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Robert Wood is Vice President of Business Development for Akamai. His responsibilities include leading Akamai�s corporate development and strategic partnership activities, as well as long-term planning. Mr. Wood brings 15 years of deal experience in the technology, financial services, and outsourcing industries, covering a wide range of strategic transactions.
Mr. Wood joined Akamai�s Business Development group as it was being formed in 1999. Since that time, he has led Akamai�s acquisitions of businesses including Speedera Networks and Nine Systems Corporation, and has overseen the development of joint ventures, spin-out transactions, and numerous strategic partnerships.
Prior to Akamai, Mr. Wood helped found the corporate electronic commerce and Internet practice at Alston & Bird LLP, one of the nation�s leading corporate and technology law firms. He has completed more than $25 billion worth of transactions in mergers and acquisitions and corporate securities work for technology companies and financial institutions.
Mr. Wood holds a JD from the University of Virginia, an LLM from the University of Edinburgh, and a BBA in finance and banking from the University of Mississippi. | 