Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Cloud
Dan Lawrence is the Senior Vice President of Global Cloud Sales at Akamai, where he leads the company’s global cloud sales strategy. His responsibilities include driving new customer acquisition, expanding relationships with existing customers, overseeing account management, and managing Akamai’s cloud partner ecosystem, including ISVs, SIs, and VARs.
Lawrence joined Akamai in 2024, bringing more than 20 years of experience in software sales and leadership. Before Akamai, he led several multibillion-dollar businesses at AWS, spanning analytics, AI/ML, private equity, and healthcare. His career also includes sales leadership roles at DataStax (now part of IBM), Hewlett Packard, CallMiner, and Citrix.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA in High Technology from Northeastern University.