Chris Hopen

Chris Hopen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strivve. Chris was previously the President of TappIn Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GlobalSCAPE, from January 2009 to December 2013. Prior to that, they were the VP Engineering at SonicWALL from July 2007 to May 2008. From January 1996 to December 2007, they were the CTO at Aventail. From January 2007 to December 2008, they were the VP Engineering at SonicWALL (NASDAQ: SNWL). Prior to that, they were the Director of Network Technology at Spry from January 1994 to December 1996.

Chris Hopen graduated from Western Washington University with a BS in Computer Science and three minors in Mathematics, Economics, and Philosophy.

Some individuals on their team include Mark Budos - Director of Engineering, Gary Tomlinson - Director of Research & Development, and Greg Garner - Director of Product Management.