Eric Hahn Explained

Eric Hahn
Birth Date:19 March 1960
Children:2

Eric Hahn (born March 19, 1960) is an American business executive 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.

Hahn received his bachelor's degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute[1] in 1980.[2] [3] He returned in 1999 to give the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate.

Hahn founded Proofpoint, Inc in June 2002 which became a publicly traded company in April 2012. He also co-founded Lookout Software, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2004.[4]

Hahn and his wife, Elaine, live in Palo Alto, California, and they have two sons, Evan and Jeremy.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Technology Innovator Eric Hahn is WPI's Commencement Speaker. 1999-04-09. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2007-09-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20060913203942/https://www.wpi.edu/News/Releases/19989/hahn.html. 2006-09-13. dead.
  2. Web site: Ten Lives Changed: Eric Hahn '80 . October 1996 . Ray Bert . Alan Earles . Bonnie Gelbwasser . Joan Killough-Miller . Roger N. Perry Jr. . Ruth Trask . WPI Journal . 2007-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080807180451/http://wpi.edu/News/Journal/Oct96/six.html . 2008-08-07 . dead .
  3. Web site: WPI Alumnus Eric Hahn Featured in Spectrum, the Magazine of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) . October 2007 .
  4. Web site: Microsoft Scoops Up Search Company. Joris Evers. 2004-07-16. PC World. 2006-11-21. 2008-11-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20081120172408/http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,116921-page,1/article.html. dead.

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