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Press ReleaseLiquid Machines Appoints Former Akamai Executive Keith E. Johnson as Vice President of Public SectorIndustry Veteran and 2004 Federal Computer Week Award Recipient to Lead Company’s Government and Higher Education Business Waltham, MA - January 17, 2006 - Liquid Machines®, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions, today announced that Keith E. Johnson has been appointed Vice President of Public Sector at Liquid Machines.
Mr. Johnson, a 2004 Federal Computer Week Federal 100 Award recipient, brings more than 25 years of federal business development and sales experience to Liquid Machines. Most recently, Mr. Johnson held a similar position at Akamai Technologies, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Johnson joined Akamai in February 2002, and successfully managed the growth of Akamai’s presence in the public sector, including customer relationships with civilian, DoD, and state and local and higher education agencies, to equal more than 10% of the company’s total revenue’s in 2005. While at Akamai, Mr. Johnson also led the formation of the company’s public sector advisory board and managed the company’s procurement of a GSA schedule award to further expand Akamai’s federal sales channel.
“Federal agencies, their partners, as well as state and local governments are under incredible pressure to implement controls that protect critical data from theft and misuse. At the same time, they are also working to comply with collaboration mandates such as the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) -12,” said Keith E. Johnson, Liquid Machines’ newly appointed vice president of public sector. “Liquid Machines’ ERM solutions balance security and collaboration, allowing government organizations and their employees to work as they normally do without the threat of information loss. I believe Liquid Machines is in a great position to meet the information protection needs of the public sector, and I am thrilled to be joining the company at such an exciting time.”
“Keith is a huge addition to the Liquid Machines executive team who is uniquely qualified to lead our efforts in the Public Sector. I am excited to work with Keith again and repeat the great success we had at Akamai. Keith is an exceptional leader with tremendous knowledge of the government market,” said Mike Ruffolo, Liquid Machines’ president and CEO. “We’ve just completed a year of more than 400% growth, our partnerships with Microsoft, EMC, and BlackBerry are stronger than ever, and our pipeline continues to grow at a record pace. The demand for information protection solutions has never been greater. Based on experience, I know that Keith will seize this opportunity and make an immediate contribution to our business.”
Prior to Akamai, Mr. Johnson held federal sales management positions with such market-leading technology companies as Oracle and SAP.
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