Fastly Names Scott R. Lovett as Chief Revenue Officer
Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) has appointed Scott R. Lovett as its new Chief Revenue Officer, effective June 3, 2024. Lovett, with extensive experience in network services and cybersecurity, will lead Fastly's global sales and customer success teams. CEO Todd Nightingale emphasized Lovett's proven track record in driving revenue growth and customer success. Lovett previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at Imperva, where he achieved substantial growth through customer-centric strategies. He has also held leadership roles at Akamai, McAfee, and Cisco. Lovett expressed enthusiasm about leveraging Fastly's technology and customer service to unlock growth opportunities.
- Appointment of Scott R. Lovett, a seasoned executive with 30+ years in network services and cybersecurity.
- Lovett's proven track record in driving revenue growth and customer success.
- Previous successful tenure as Chief Revenue Officer at Imperva.
- Leadership experience at prominent companies including Akamai, McAfee, and Cisco.
- Focus on leveraging customer-centric strategies to drive growth.
- No immediate financial impact or figures reported related to the appointment.
- Potential risk if Lovett’s strategies do not align with Fastly's current business model.
“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
This press release contains “forward-looking” statements that are based on Fastly’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to Fastly on the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause its actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, those regarding Fastly’s long-term growth, its ability to accelerate its customer acquisition and go-to-market motions, its ability to unlock growth opportunities and bring more people to its platform, and help its customers leverage all the platform has to offer. Except as required by law, Fastly assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. Important factors that could cause Fastly’s actual results to differ materially are detailed from time to time in the reports Fastly files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including in Fastly’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on Fastly’s website and are available from Fastly without charge.
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