Mike Afergan, Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Web Experience Division at Akamai discussed the fundamental shift that is happening on the web as websites transition to web experiences. We see this through our daily lives as mobile replaces desktop and gesture and voice augment keyboards and mice. This shift is rapidly changing the technologies used to deliver websites from pages from being rendered in the browser (HTML) to now being executed in the browser (JS/CC). Mike also discussed the role CDNs are playing in scaling web experiences.
Dr. Afergan joined Akamai in 1999 as one of Akamai’s first technical leaders and has since served as Chief Technology Officer for six years and previously in key roles within Akamai’s Engineering and Product organizations as well as building Akamai’s advertising business and organization. In these leadership roles, he has been instrumental in developing Akamai’s innovative technology and product strategies—working on a variety of Akamai’s industry-leading products and directly with many of Akamai’s largest customers.