George Conrades

George Conrades is chairman and former Chief Executive Officer of Akamai Technologies. Prior to Akamai, Conrades served as CEO of BBN Technologies. Before joining BBN he spent 31 years at IBM, running its U.S. and Asia-Pacific businesses and heading two manufacturing and development groups. In addition to Akamai, Mr. Conrades serves on the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and Harley-Davidson.

Conrades is also an executive producer of the 2013 American documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom, which won a 2014 Academy award for Best Documentary. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is married to Patricia “Patsy” Belt Conrades.