Mr. Andy Ellis Senior Director of Information Security and Chief Security Architect Akamai Andy Ellis serves as Akamai's Senior Director of Information Security and Chief Security Architect, responsible for overseeing the security architecture of the company's massive, globally distributed network as well as setting the strategic security direction of its offerings and managing the Information Security organization at Akamai. Mr. Ellis provides security education and leadership to Akamai's world-class R&D team. Previously in his capacity as a U.S. Air Force officer, Mr. Ellis was an Information Warfare Engineer, serving as the technical lead in performing network engineering, communication, and security duties to defend the mission-critical aspects of U.S. Central Command in Southwest Asia from network-based attacks. He received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.