Chip Pearson

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Chip Pearson is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is best known as a founder and former CEO of JAMF Software.[1]

Biography[]

Pearson is a longtime resident of St Paul, Minnesota. Pearson co-founded JAMF Software (now Jamf) with Zach Halmstad in 2002.[2] At the time Pearson owned an IT services company[3] that could use the work being done by Halmstad at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to streamline information technology administration. Those tools became a product known as Casper, sold by a company formed to support the product called Jamf Software.[4]

Jamf Software[]

Pearson ran Jamf with Halmstad until 2016, taking $30 Million in Venture capital financing from Summit Partners.[5] Pearson and Halmstad recruited and hired Dean Hager as the CEO prior to leaving the organization.[6] In 2017, Jamf was acquired by Vista Equity Partners and the founders departed the company.[7]

Prior to selling Jamf, the organization generated over $52 million in annual revenue, served more than 5,500 customers,[8] had nearly 500 employees,[9] and had just opened its eighth global office. At that point, JAMF had an estimated valuation of $225 million.[10]

Since the sale, Jamf has grown to over 1,500 employees.[11] Jamf is now traded on NASDAQ under the symbol JAMF.[12]

Current[]

Following Jamf, Pearson was involved in the 2017 project DocuMNtary about software companies in Minnesota.[13] Pearson now runs the Minnesota investment firm Bootstrappers and is on the Board of Directors at software companies like When I Work and Kipsu.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Bridge, Author Tom (May 10, 2017). "Episode 35: Into the Past with Chip Pearson". Mac Admins Podcast. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Dunn, Darrell (May 31, 2007). "Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise, observers say". Computerworld. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Edge, Charles; Trouton, Rich (December 17, 2019). Apple Device Management: A Unified Theory of Managing Macs, iPads, iPhones, and AppleTVs. Apress. ISBN 978-1-4842-5388-5.
  4. ^ "iPad, iPhone Challenge Management Orthodoxy". eWEEK. March 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "JAMF Software Receives Established Software Company Award at the 2012 Tekne Awards". CNBC. November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2015/06/jamf-software-ceos-step-down-dean-hager-ceo.html. Retrieved January 29, 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "MacIT 2013 kicks off with admin overview, nostalgia". Engadget. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  8. ^ Strauss, Karsten. "No Money, No Problem: Bootstrapping Off Of Apple". Forbes. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  9. ^ Wakabayashi, Daisuke (January 10, 2014). "Apple Devices Flow Into Corporate World". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "How Two IT Guys Turned Their Love For Apple Products Into A Multi-Million Company". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  11. ^ Kapko, Matt (September 17, 2015). "Why Apple and Microsoft are suddenly playing nice". CIO. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  12. ^ "Jamf co-founder Pearson joins when I Work's board". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  13. ^ Ojeda-Zapata, Julio; Sep 22nd 2016 - 12pm, St Paul Pioneer Press |. "Minnesota tech scene on display in 'DocuMNtary'". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  14. ^ Bort, Julie (December 11, 2013). "How Two IT Guys Turned Their Love For Apple Products Into A Multi-Million Company". Business Insider Australia. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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