As Ping Identity’s Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Andre brings 18 years of executive leadership experience in the software industry. Andre co-founded Digital ID World, the identity industry conference (acquired by IDG in 2007).
Prior to Ping Identity, he founded Jabber, Inc., an instant messaging and presence management software provider (acquired by Cisco in 2009). While at Jabber, Andre incubated the Jabber Software Foundation, a non-profit established to facilitate growth of the Jabber Open Source project. Prior to Jabber, Inc., Andre was founder and CEO of Durand Communications, a bulletin board software provider (acquired by Webb Interactive in 1998).
Andre holds BA degrees in Biology and Economics from the University of California.
