Todd Nightingale, EVP and General Manager of Cisco’s Enterprise Networking & Cloud business, is departing from the company to become CEO of Fastly.
Nightingale (pictured), who will take on the new role effective September 1, will also join Fastly’s board of directors upon assuming the role.
He takes over the reins from Joshua Bixby, who will step down from his role as Fastly's CEO and remain at the company as an advisor.
David Hornik, Lead Independent Director on the Fastly Board of Directors, said: “Todd is a proven and passionate technology leader and we are thrilled to have him join our team,”
“We are confident that Todd’s background helping customers transform their infrastructures and digitise their businesses will be instrumental to strengthening Fastly’s technology and go-to-market strategy and lead the company into its next stage of growth.”
