Eric Hahn

Eric Hahn
Eric Hahn
Born	March 19, 1960
Children	Two sons, Evan and Jeremy

Eric Hahn (born March 19, 1960) is an American serial entrepreneur and computer software programmer who founded an early e-mail-based groupware company called Collabra Software in 1992. Netscape acquired Collabra in 1995, and in 1997 Hahn became Netscape's CTO. According to SEC filings Hahn netted approximately $29 million from sales in Netscape stock.[1]

Career

Hahn founded Proofpoint, Inc in June 2002 which became a publicly traded company in April 2012.

Hahn also co-founded Lookout Software, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2004.[2]

Hahn received his bachelor's degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute[3] in 1980.[4]

Personal life

Hahn currently lives in Palo Alto, California with his wife and two sons.

gollark: So far all data is stored in SQLite (eventually it'll probably also have a folder of media files), so it would probably be fairly simple to swap that out for one of the... two... SQLite full-database-encryption libraries.

gollark: People can have secret things without also being terrorists?

gollark: Then you're really triangular.

gollark: ...

gollark: minoteaur, which will literally never be finished, may eventually use SQLCipher to completely encrypt notes + metadata.

References

Melanie Warner (1998-11-09). "Eric Hahn's New, Perfect Life". CNN.
Joris Evers (2004-07-16). "Microsoft Scoops Up Search Company". PC World.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1999-04-09). "Technology Innovator Eric Hahn is WPI's Commencement Speaker". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
Ray Bert; Alan Earles; Bonnie Gelbwasser; Joan Killough-Miller; Roger N. Perry Jr.; Ruth Trask (October 1996). "Ten Lives Changed: Eric Hahn '80". WPI Journal. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2007-09-28.

External links

Perry, Tekla S. (October 1, 2007). "The Codemaker". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

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[1] Melanie Warner (1998-11-09). "Eric Hahn's New, Perfect Life". CNN.

[2] Joris Evers (2004-07-16). "Microsoft Scoops Up Search Company". PC World.

[3] Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1999-04-09). "Technology Innovator Eric Hahn is WPI's Commencement Speaker". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2007-09-28.

[4] Ray Bert; Alan Earles; Bonnie Gelbwasser; Joan Killough-Miller; Roger N. Perry Jr.; Ruth Trask (October 1996). "Ten Lives Changed: Eric Hahn '80". WPI Journal. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2007-09-28.