Eldon Sprickerhoff
Eldon Spickerhoff is a Canadian computer security expert.[1]
He was awarded the 24th annual J.W. Graham Medal, in 2019, given to a graduate of the University of Waterloo who has distinguished himself in the field of computer science.[2] The award is named after Wes Graham, an influential professor who played a key role in forging ties between the University and leading firms in the computer industry.
Sprickerhoff told the Financial Post that his firm's success only came after he and his partner secured funding by selling a majority stake in his firm to Warburg Pincus LLC, a US private-equity firm, for $100 million.[3]
In February 2022 Sprickerhoff's firm, eSentire, announced plans to hire an additional 400 technical staff, after it received an additional $325 million investment.[4] In 2021 the firm announced more than $100 million in revenue.
References
- ↑ Canadian companies are overconfident when it comes to cyberattacks, study finds, CBC News, 2018-10-04. Retrieved on 2022-05-19. “Cyber security strategist Eldon Sprickerhoff, founder of Toronto-based eSentire, said in an interview prior to the Recipe Unlimited crisis, that research has shown humans have a universal tendency to be too optimistic.” mirror
- ↑ Eldon Sprickerhoff awarded 2019 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing & Innovation, University of Waterloo, 2019-06-04. Retrieved on 2022-05-19. “Eldon graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BMath in 1991, majoring in computer science and minoring in economics.” mirror
- ↑ Victor Ferreira. Canada's cybersecurity firms keep turning to the U.S. for funding, leaving us without a homegrown leader, Financial Post, 2019-03-20. Retrieved on 2022-05-19. “To get there, Sprickerhoff followed a path that is becoming the norm in the domestic cybersecurity space and for many other high-tech startups: He sold a majority stake to a New York-based private-equity firm, specifically Warburg Pincus LLC, reportedly for upwards of $100 million.” mirror
- ↑ Kevin Crowley. eSentire hits unicorn status with US$325M raise: Waterloo-based cybersecurity company now valued at more than US$1B, Communitech, 2022-02-22. Retrieved on 2022-05-19. “Over the next 18 months, the company plans to invest significantly in research and development and hire more than 400 employees in all areas of the business, nearly doubling its workforce and bringing its global employee staff count to over 1,000 by mid-2023.” mirror