Charlie Gero

Charlie Gero has worked in security, networking, and the software engineering fields for over 20 years, with a decade and a half spent at Akamai. Prior to Akamai, Charlie was an entrepreneur and served in key computer science positions within the pharmaceutical and networking industries. Currently the CTO and Vice President of the Security Technology Group, Charlie has also served as lead of the advanced R&D group at Akamai and holds many patents in the areas of cryptography, distributed systems, compression, and more. Charlie brings a wealth of deep technical experience in security and networks and has degrees in Physics and Computer Science.