Thomas Kennedy has named director of marketing at DefendNet Solutions, Inc., a provider of managed Internet security solutions. He will be responsible for developing and overseeing the company’s marketing activities. Kennedy has a decade of experience in the network communications and cable industries. He was formerly employed as director of technology and operations at Road Runner, a broadband internet service provider located outside of Washington, D.C. There he was responsible for managing all product and service deployment activities as well as developing Road Runner’s marketing and promotional materials. He also served as director of operations at Digital One Television, a provider of DirecTV satellite programming in rural America, technical operations manager at Continental Cablevision, and director of internet services at the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, a national organization dedicated to providing telecommunications services and opportunities to rural telephone and electric cooperatives. Kennedy attained the rank of sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, specializing in communications. He holds a BA degree from the University of Lowell.
