Kim Salem-Jackson is the Executive Vice President and CMO of Akamai Technologies, the $3.5B cloud company that powers and protects life online. She is a data-driven, global marketing executive whose career has been focused on activating marketing as a growth engine and amplifying marketing’s impact on the business. Kim is passionate about advanced analytics and data science, and using that data to achieve optimal marketing efficiency. Previously, she served as Akamai’s Senior Vice President, Global Marketing & Corporate Communications, where she led global field marketing, customer marketing, channel marketing, events, corporate communications, and the sales development organization. Prior to that, Kim held marketing leadership positions at Informatica, IONA Technologies, Pegasystems, Houston Street and KHJ Interactive. Kim also serves on the Board of Directors of the Akamai Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting programs to attract more diversity to the technology industry, providing disaster relief and humanitarian aid globally, enabling volunteerism to the local communities, and promoting environmental sustainability through investments in alternative energy.