Fastly Names Scott R. Lovett as Chief Revenue Officer

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today announced the addition of Scott R. Lovett as Chief Revenue Officer, effective June 3, 2024. Lovett will lead the global sales and customer success organizations and report to Fastly CEO Todd Nightingale.

“Scott joins Fastly at a pivotal time as we drive long-term growth and accelerate customer acquisition across our business,” said Todd Nightingale, CEO at Fastly. “Scott is a proven sales leader with a strong track record of driving revenue growth, amplifying go-to-market activities and delivering true customer success. I am excited to bring onboard an exceptional customer-focused leader to help grow and transform our business.”

Lovett is an accomplished technology executive with more than 30 years of experience in the network services and cybersecurity industries. His expertise spans the entire go-to-market motion as well as strategic planning and business development. Lovett joins Fastly from Imperva where, as Chief Revenue Officer, he oversaw all aspects of customer relations, and drove substantial growth through customer-centric strategies. Prior to Imperva, Lovett held leadership positions at Akamai, McAfee and Cisco.

“The customer and employee passion for Fastly’s technology and customer service is incredible,” said Lovett. “I look forward to working with the team to harness that passion and unlock growth opportunities as we bring more people to the Fastly Edge Cloud Platform and help customers leverage all our platform has to offer.”

About Fastly, Inc.

Fastly’s powerful and programmable edge cloud platform helps the world’s top brands deliver online experiences that are fast, safe, and engaging through edge compute, delivery, security, and observability offerings that improve site performance, enhance security, and empower innovation at global scale. Compared to other providers, Fastly’s powerful, high-performance, and modern platform architecture empowers developers to deliver secure websites and apps with rapid time-to-market and demonstrated, industry-leading cost savings. Organizations around the world trust Fastly to help them upgrade the internet experience, including Reddit, Wendy’s, Stripe, Neiman Marcus, Universal Music Group, SeatGeek, and Advance Publications. Learn more about Fastly at https://www.fastly.com, and follow us @fastly.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Source: Fastly, Inc.