Panther Express

Panther Express, the high performance content delivery network (CDN) company, is the leader in cost-effective delivery of multimedia content via the Internet. Panther provides a highly reliable, infinitely scalable, yet incomparably cost-effective solution for all Internet businesses. Our CDN helps customers dramatically lower their infrastructure costs while improving the web experience for their users.

Founded in 2005 by former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan, and DoubleClick co-founder and former CTO, Dwight Merriman, Panther brings ten years of Internet delivery best practices to a CDN with top tier performance. Over 200 customers benefit from Panther's unique combination of high performance and reliability, combined with the industry's most attractive business model. Panther Express is privately held and headquartered in New York.

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Kevin Ryan (Co-Founder):

Kevin is one of the most accomplished and well known Internet entrepreneurs in New York City, having been involved with numerous success stories. From 1996-2005, first as President and later CEO, he helped build DoubleClick from a startup of 20 people to a very profitable global leader with over 1500 employees. During his tenure, Silicon Alley Reporter named DoubleClick "New York Company of the year" and he was named one of Crain's' "50 Most Influential Business People". DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for $1.1 billion to Hellman and Friedman. Kevin was also an early investor and board member of HotJobs, which was sold to Yahoo for $450 million in 2002. Prior to DoubleClick, he worked at United Media, Euro Disney and Prudential Investment Corp, in senior operational or financial roles.

Kevin is also Chairman and Co-Founder of the shopping search engine ShopWiki. In addition, he is on the board of Human Rights Watch, the advisory board of Doctors Without Borders, and a member of the Insead International Council, Yale International Council and the Council of Foreign Relations. He has served in the past on the boards of the Direct Marketing Association, the AdCouncil and NYC 2012.

Kevin has a BA from Yale and an MBA from INSEAD. He draws on his international experience including 14 years living in Paris, Geneva, London and Rome.