I am the Chief Technology Officer at Akamai and I’ve spent the last 20+ years solving the internet’s toughest challenges. AMA!

Hi Reddit! I’m Dr. Robert Blumofe ([u/RobertBlumofe](https://www.reddit.com/u/robertblumofe)) Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Akamai ([u/akamai\_technologies](https://www.reddit.com/user/akamai_technologies)), former UT Professor, and MIT and Brown University graduate. But most people call me Bobby. This is my first AMA and I’d be happy to take you behind the curtain of what we do at Akamai, how I started my career, how a kid growing up in a show- biz family became a nerd, or even my hobbies (I’m a juggler, water-skier, former …

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