Chip Pearson Explained

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. He 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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bridge. Author Tom. 2017-05-10. Episode 35: Into the Past with Chip Pearson. 2021-01-29. Mac Admins Podcast. en-US.
  2. Web site: Dunn. Darrell. 2007-05-31. Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise, observers say. 2021-01-29. Computerworld. en.
  3. Book: Edge. Charles. Apple Device Management: A Unified Theory of Managing Macs, iPads, iPhones, and AppleTVs. Trouton. Rich. 2019-12-17. Apress. 978-1-4842-5388-5. en.
  4. Web site: iPad, iPhone Challenge Management Orthodoxy. 2021-01-29. eWEEK. March 2011.
  5. Web site: 2012-11-02. JAMF Software Receives Established Software Company Award at the 2012 Tekne Awards. 2021-01-29. CNBC. en.
  6. Web site: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2015/06/jamf-software-ceos-step-down-dean-hager-ceo.html . 2021-01-29. www.bizjournals.com.
  7. Web site: MacIT 2013 kicks off with admin overview, nostalgia. 2021-01-29. Engadget. January 31, 2013 . en.
  8. Web site: Strauss. Karsten. No Money, No Problem: Bootstrapping Off Of Apple. 2021-01-29. Forbes. en.
  9. News: Wakabayashi. Daisuke. 2014-01-10. Apple Devices Flow Into Corporate World. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2021-01-29. 0099-9660.
  10. Web site: How Two IT Guys Turned Their Love For Apple Products Into A Multi-Million Company. 2021-01-29. news.yahoo.com. December 10, 2013 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Kapko. Matt. 2015-09-17. Why Apple and Microsoft are suddenly playing nice. 2021-01-29. CIO. en.
  12. Web site: Jamf co-founder Pearson joins when I Work's board. 2021-01-29. www.bizjournals.com.
  13. Web site: Ojeda-Zapata. Julio. Sep 22nd 2016 - 12pm. St Paul Pioneer Press . Minnesota tech scene on display in 'DocuMNtary'. 2021-01-29. Duluth News Tribune. en.
  14. Web site: Bort. Julie. 2013-12-11. How Two IT Guys Turned Their Love For Apple Products Into A Multi-Million Company. 2021-01-29. Business Insider Australia. en.

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