Fastly Appoints Tara Seracka as Chief Legal Officer and Albert Thong as Chief Marketing Officer

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today announced the appointments of Albert Thong as Chief Marketing Officer and Tara Seracka as Chief Legal Officer.

“I am excited to welcome Tara to Fastly as our new Chief Legal Officer and appoint Albert as our Chief Marketing Officer,” said Todd Nightingale, CEO of Fastly. “Tara is a strategic legal partner with expertise scaling operationally effective organizations, enabling product innovation, and delivering on a seamless revenue motion. Albert brings an unwavering customer focus and thoughtful data-driven approach to achieve sustainable growth and lasting brand success. Both are great additions to Fastly leadership and support our commitment to driving innovation, execution and growth.”

Tara Seracka is an accomplished attorney and trusted advisor with nearly 20 years of experience enabling B2B SaaS and software businesses. Tara’s expertise spans product development, go-to-market, and regulatory matters, and she brings a depth of experience, specifically in internet technology and its evolving IP space. Prior to joining Fastly, Tara was Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Cisco Systems, Inc. where she led the global Legal team responsible for supporting the worldwide engineering organization.

“I’m excited to join Fastly and lead a Legal team that partners strategically with the business to unlock innovation and enhance our go-to-market success,” said Tara Seracka, Chief Legal Officer at Fastly. “The Legal team is about more than managing risk. With proactive guidance and deep partnership with the business, we can empower our teams to keep building cutting-edge technology and drive a seamless customer experience at speed.”

Albert Thong is a global marketing leader with deep experience in brand building and product expansion. Before being appointed Chief Marketing Officer, Albert led Growth Marketing at Fastly where he partnered across the company, drove tighter alignment with the revenue and product organizations, and made significant contributions to the company’s go-to-market efforts. Prior to Fastly, Albert held leadership positions at Check Point.

“I’m incredibly excited to lead Fastly’s marketing efforts at such a pivotal time for the company and the industry,” said Albert Thong, Chief Marketing Officer at Fastly. “We have an exceptional opportunity to deeply understand and champion our customers’ needs. My focus will be on building a marketing engine that not only accelerates growth but also strengthens our connection with customers and deepens their use of the Fastly Edge Cloud Platform.”

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, Neiman Marcus, Universal Music Group, and SeatGeek.

Learn more about Fastly at https://www.fastly.com, and follow us @fastly.

Source: Fastly, Inc.