Dyn, an internet performance management company in Manchester, appointed of Colin Doherty as CEO. With more than 25 years of industry experience in enterprise cloud, software-defined networking and security technologies, Doherty joins the company after 10 years of holding CEO positions at BTI Systems, a software-defined networking company, and Arbor Networks, a DDoS and Security solutions provider in Massachusetts.
“I’m very excited to join Dyn as CEO to lead the company in its next chapter and continue its rapid growth,” Doherty says. “Dyn has been built with an incredible team, solid customers and a stellar technology portfolio. Today, every business is an internet business and poor performance has a direct impact on the bottom line. Dyn’s impressive technology has the capabilities to provide unique insights and optimize internet performance.”
This is the latest of big announcements from Dyn in recent months. In May, Dyn, secured $50 million in Series B equity funding from Pamplona Capital Management, a private equity firm, enabling accelerated product development. Dyn also announced in May the public launch of its new platform aimed at solving challenges associated with operating critical business applications and infrastructure in the cloud.
“We are thrilled to have Colin join the team and help coalesce Dyn’s vision to unlock the potential of the internet for business transformation,” says Jim Baum, executive chairman of Dyn. “Colin has a quantifiable track record of driving revenue, growth and profitability in both multinational organizations and small-VC funded portfolio companies. His proven success as a CEO, business and technology strategy leader and expertise in the market is key to scaling Dyn’s business to new heights.”
Dyn's clients include eight of the top 10 Internet Services and Retail companies and six of the top 10 Entertainment companies in the Fortune 500, including Pfizer, Netflix and Twitter. Dyn’s platform monitors, controls and optimizes applications and infrastructure through data, analytics, and traffic sSteering to ensure traffic gets delivered. Dyn was named the High-Tech Business of the Year for 2016 by Business NH Magazine and the NH Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.
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