Rolling Up E-mail Security SaaS: Gary Steele, CEO Of Proofpoint (Part 3)

SM: Once you had a large enterprise willing to test the product for the first time, how did you handle the test? GS: I put our engineering team on-site because I knew that they would find bugs. You can’t deploy new technology and not find bugs.

Rolling Up E-mail Security SaaS: Gary Steele, CEO Of Proofpoint (Part 2)

SM: How did Eric find you and convince you to join Proofpoint? GS: He had a search partner who helped him identify people, and they made the connection. It was a classic Valley network deal. We got to know each other and we liked each other. We thought we were a good fit.

Rolling Up E-mail Security SaaS: Gary Steele, CEO Of Proofpoint (Part 1)

Gary Steele is the CEO of Proofpoint, a company which is a leader in e-mail security, data loss prevention, and e-mail archiving solutions. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Gary served as the CEO of Portera, an applications company delivering solutions for the professional services industry. Prior to Portera, Gary was the vice president and general manager

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Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 7)

SM: What are some of the other shifts in strategy you have had in the company, other than the move from water to food? DC: Providing solutions throughout the supply chain was very significant. Another was to add an informatics layer to everything we have. The jury is still out on whether I have made

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Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 6)

SM: How much of the market do you think you have penetrated? DC: We will do just north of $11 million this year. We are different in that we have 500 customers in 50 countries around the world. We are at Series D, which I would normally equate with a company with really high revenues.

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Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 5)

SM: What are the deployment models of your first two products? DC: The Purfresh Cold Storage is integrated into existing warehouses. The Purfresh Wash is used as part of the line when fruit is harvested. Today they use heavily chlorinated water.

Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 4)

SM: When you joined the company, what was it selling? DC: It was selling boxes that were ozone generating devices to places such as the Bronx Zoo, the Honolulu Aquarium, Western Digital’s cooling tower and other people. It was purely a box which was sold.

Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 3)

SM: What did you do after BizGenics? DC: I took four years off. I love to surf and fly fish, so I did a lot of both of those. We have a house in Montana, and I surfed all over the world. I also did some consulting.