Andre Durand - Founder and CEO of Ping Identity

Andre Durand is a 12 year veteran of the enterprise software industry, a recognized leader in the identity industry and a pioneer behind the concepts of the digital identity network. In addition to his role as CEO of Ping Identity, Andre co-founded and co-chairs Digital ID World, the official identity industry conference and magazine. Prior to Ping Identity, Andre founded Jabber, Inc., a leading global provider of instant messaging and presence management platforms serving both the carrier and enterprise markets. While at Jabber, Andre supported the incubation of the Jabber Software Foundation, a non-profit established to facilitate growth of the Jabber Open Source project, where he served as chairman for 18 months, helping to drive adoption of Jabber's innovative hybrid open source and commercialization strategy. Prior to Jabber, Inc., Andre founded Durand Communications, a provider of client/server solutions for online databases and applications.  He served as CEO for five years before selling the company to Webb Interactive in 1998 for $10 million.

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