Leadership
The Team Driving Our Innovation
As of July 24th, 2024, Code42 was acquired by Mimecast, a leading global Human Risk Management (HRM) platform. Expanding on the success of their existing technology partnership, this acquisition marks a critical step in Mimecast’s strategy to revolutionize how organizations manage and mitigate human-centered security risks. Mimecast will continue to maintain and support the existing Code42 customer base and to innovate in protecting data loss from insiders.
About MimecastCode42 Founders
Matthew Dornquast
Matthew was a high-tech visionary radically committed to developing intuitive, user-friendly technology that exceeds expectations. As Code42 co-founder and CEO from 2001 to 2015, Matthew drove the company to a market leadership position in endpoint data protection and security.
In 2014, Matthew was named a “Titan of Technology” by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, and won the “EY Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Prior to Code42, Matthew served as chief scientist at Webhelp, chief technology officer for Fallon McElligott and founder/owner of Microworks.
Brian Bispala
As a Code42 co-founder, Brian was involved in the design, architecture and engineering of all Code42 solutions. Brian guided architectural decisions, inspired and fostered a culture of innovation within Code42’s engineering team, and ensured flawless execution from product and platform concept to implementation. Previously, Brian held engineering roles at Accenture and Webhelp. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. When he’s not cranking out code, Brian enjoys skiing (both snow and water), traveling and spending time with his wife and three kids.
Mitch Coopet
As a Code42 co-founder, Mitch was a part of nearly every team at the company since day one. Decades of engineering and product experience provide the lens through which he set the direction for Code42’s endpoint data protection and security platform. Though a technologist at heart, Mitch’s greatest source of pride is the amazing people and teams he has helped bring together at Code42. Little known fact: Mitch’s fear of paper cuts leads to his paper-free lifestyle. Ask and he’ll tell you it’s also good for the environment.
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