CDN Adds Depth and Breadth to Executive Suite NEW YORK, May 20
NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its aggressive expansion,
global provider of high performance content delivery services, Panther Express
(http://www.pantherexpress.net), today named Steve Liddell chief executive
officer. Liddell's appointment follows a number of important milestones for
the two-year old CDN including the recent announcement of Dennis Morgan as CFO
earlier this month, its 300th customer win in April and its acquisition of
nearly $16 million in venture funding in November, 2007.
"Steve's extensive background in telecommunications will be very valuable
for Panther Express," said Kevin Ryan, Chairman and cofounder of Panther
Express. "He has a well-established reputation as a strategic thinker and has
successfully scaled a number of early stage businesses. His considerable
experience building sizeable international businesses will help Panther
advance to the next level of its development and galvanize its position as a
formidable contender in content delivery."
"Founded by entrepreneurs with direct experience in this sector, Panther
Express is rapidly growing," said Steve Liddell. "The company is well-funded
and backed by two of the most reputable Venture Capital firms in the Software
and IT industry. Panther has built its own, unique technology platform which
makes it the first choice for companies who want a high performance, reliable
CDN service. Fueled by the exploding demand for video, HD and other multimedia
content delivered over the Internet, our goal is to establish Panther Express
as an industry leader in this very exciting and high growth market."
Steve Liddell is highly skilled in all aspects of growing and operating
international telecommunications businesses. He was most recently an
independent consultant advising two of the leading private equity firms,
Columbia Capital and MC Venture Partners on their recent acquisition of GTS --
an eastern European telecommunications operator. Prior to this, he was COO of
Clearwire International, where he was responsible for the international
operations of this early stage WiMAX operator.
From 1999-2005, Liddell worked at Level 3 Communications, first as
President of Asia based in Hong Kong, and later as a Group Vice President in
Broomfield, Colorado. There he established successful segmentation and
positioning strategies in key growth areas and played an integral role in a
number of major strategic customer wins.
Earlier in his career, Liddell served as President of MCI-WorldCom
Asia-Pacific also based in Hong Kong. As the division's first employee, he
secured a unique set of licenses and built an extensive infrastructure-based
business covering 8 countries across the region. Prior to this he was
responsible for the international voice and data business of MFS, based in
Northern Virginia.
Liddell began his telecommunications career at British Telecom where from
1989 to 1994, both in London, England and Atlanta, Georgia, he held a number
of business development and strategic roles, mainly focused on international
M&A activities.
Liddell holds an MBA in Business Administration from Henley Management
College, an M.Sc. in Semiconductor Electronics and a B.Sc. in Physics from
Bristol University, in the United Kingdom.
About Panther Express
Panther Express Corp. is the industry's best value CDN solution -- a
high-performance content delivery network (CDN) with an innovative low-cost
infrastructure. Founded in 2005 by former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan and
DoubleClick Co-founder and former CTO Dwight Merriman, Panther Express ensures
rapid, reliable and scalable performance to gaming, video, e-commerce,
webhosting, news, blogs and Web 2.0 Internet sites worldwide. Panther Express
is privately held and based in New York. Panther Express has over two years of
experience in content delivery with over 300 customers using our solutions
every day. www.pantherexpress.net
For more information contact Panther Express at 40 West 20th Street, New
York, New York 10011
Contact:
Judy Baliman, Panther Express
jbaliman@pantherexpress.net
646-747-0941
SOURCE Panther Express Corp.
