David Belson

SUMMARY

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cloudflare, San Francisco, CA (January 2022 - May 2026)

• Led Cloudflare Radar product strategy, collaborating with subject matter experts to integrate new data sets. Partnered with engineering to guide data analysis and define visualization requirements. Acted as global spokesperson for media inquiries regarding Internet outages and shutdowns. Incorporated AI tools into Internet anomaly research and analysis.
• Authored quarterly "Internet Disruption Summary" series and timely blog posts leveraging Radar data to track Internet events and the launch of new product features.
• Delivered critical data insights on shutdowns, security threats, and traffic trends to executives and civil society partners.
• Directed editorial strategy and oversight for the Cloudflare blog (January 2024 – July 2025).
• Co-chaired the Internet Society’s Organization Member Advisory Council as Cloudflare’s representative.

Fastly, San Francisco, CA (October 2020 - December 2021)

• Led efforts to establish Fastly as a data-driven thought leader through the use of real-time and historical data to tell compelling stories.
• Published blog posts around major national and world events, as well as posts on Internet disruptions, using Fastly’s perspective on Internet traffic.

Internet Society, Reston, VA (August 2019 – October 2020)

• Co-led the "Measuring the Internet" initiative and developed the Internet Shutdowns use case for the Pulse platform.
• Published blog posts on topics including Internet shutdowns, Internet freedom, and Internet resilience.

Oracle Dyn, Manchester, NH (July 2017 – March 2019)

• Used Oracle Internet Intelligence measurement and monitoring data to drive thought leadership position and secure earned media coverage. Created monthly “Last Month In Internet Intelligence” blog post series exploring Internet disruptions visible in the Oracle Internet Intelligence Map; a webinar/e-book/blog post on the challenges of accurate IP geolocation; and additional blog posts covering CDN usage, IPv6 adoption, and Internet availability.
• Developed customer-facing collateral, presentations, and feature sheets tailoring Internet data tools to public sector and election security use cases.
• Responsible for Oracle Internet Intelligence team's relationships with the Internet Society, NANOG, Cloud Security Alliance, and i2Coalition.

Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, MA (May 1999 – July 2017)

• Curated and delivered competitive intelligence and strategic impact analysis to senior executives and relevant teams enterprise-wide.
• Served as Editor of Akamai's quarterly State of the Internet/Connectivity report series.
• Advised Public, Investor, and Analyst Relations teams on content delivery industry, Internet infrastructure, and broadband initiatives.
• Served as Akamai representative to National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) for “Industrial Internet/Internet of Things” and “Information and Communications Technology Mobilization” report development.

• Productized data feeds derived from the aggregation and analysis of data sets sourced in the Akamai Intelligent Platform’s ~2 trillion daily content requests and millions of daily network measurements.
• Primary authorship/editing of Akamai's quarterly State of the Internet report series.
• Leadership of "evangelism through data" efforts, including Akamai IO, Akamai in 60 Seconds, IPv6 adoption, and broadband connection speed visualizations.

• Directed competitive intelligence gathering, delivering analysis, tools, and strategic recommendations for global sales and product teams, as well as executives.
• Established and authored the State of the Internet report, establishing it as a core corporate evangelism and thought leadership program.
• Championed internal IPv6 readiness and drove the creation of external customer-facing tools, white papers, and data visualizations.
• Managed Analyst Relations, educating top industry analysts on Akamai’s horizontal technology suite.

• Executed competitive intelligence analysis and tool development for global enterprise teams.
• Delivered regular win/loss analysis summaries to the executive leadership team.

• Defined and launched core Web Application Performance Services, including Optimized Extranets and Web Application Accelerator. Formulated go-to-market strategies, messaging, sales forecasts, and supported analyst briefings and press interviews. Supported market positioning, analyst briefings, press interviews, Webinars, and advertising creation.
• Provided product management and sales support for FirstPoint Global Traffic Management and EdgeSuite Content Delivery services.

• Evaluated and onboarded channel partners to ensure technical alignment with Akamai services.
• Co-developed Value-Added Reseller (VAR) program tailored for Edge Side Includes integration partners.

• Led a team of four Technical Consultants delivering pre-sales support and enablement training to channel partners.
• Created partner-facing sales tools, technical documentation, and presentations.

• Delivered pre- and post-sales integration support for Akamai’s initial content delivery services.
• Trained partner account executives and sales engineers on core platform capabilities.

BBN Planet (Acquired by GTE), Cambridge, MA (April 1995 – May 1999)

EDUCATION

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Hoboken, NJ

PUBLICATIONS