# Chip Pearson

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For the politician, see [Chip Pearson (politician)](/source/Chip_Pearson_(politician)).

**Chip Pearson** is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is best known as a founder and former CEO of [JAMF Software](/source/Jamf).[1]

## Biography

Pearson is a longtime resident of St. Paul, Minnesota. He co-founded [JAMF](/source/Jamf) Software (now Jamf) with [Zach Halmstad](/source/Zach_Halmstad) in 2002.[2] At the time Pearson owned an IT services company[3] that could use the work being done by Halmstad at the [University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Eau_Claire) to streamline information technology administration. Those tools became a product known as Casper, sold by a company formed to support the product called Jamf Software.[4]

## Jamf Software

Pearson ran Jamf with Halmstad until 2016, taking $30 Million in [Venture capital](/source/Venture_capital) financing from [Summit Partners](/source/Summit_Partners).[5] Pearson and Halmstad recruited and hired Dean Hager as the CEO prior to leaving the organization.[6] In 2017, Jamf was acquired by [Vista Equity Partners](/source/Vista_Equity_Partners) and the founders departed the company.[7]

Prior to selling Jamf, the organization generated over $52 million in annual revenue, served more than 5,500 customers,[8] had nearly 500 employees,[9] and had just opened its eighth global office. At that point, JAMF had an estimated valuation of $225 million.[10] Since the sale, Jamf has grown to over 1,500 employees.[11] Jamf is now traded on NASDAQ under the symbol JAMF.[12]

Following Jamf, Pearson was involved in the 2017 project DocuMNtary about software companies in Minnesota.[13] He also runs the Minnesota investment firm Bootstrappers and served on the Board of Directors at software companies like When I Work and Kipsu.[14]

## References

1. Bridge, Author Tom (2017-05-10). ["Episode 35: Into the Past with Chip Pearson"](https://podcast.macadmins.org/2017/05/10/episode-35-into-the-past-with-chip-pearson/). *Mac Admins Podcast*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. Dunn, Darrell (2007-05-31). ["Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise, observers say"](https://www.computerworld.com/article/2541421/apple-continues-to-mostly-ignore-the-enterprise--observers-say.html). *Computerworld*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. Edge, Charles & Trouton, Rich (2019-12-17). [*Apple Device Management: A Unified Theory of Managing Macs, iPads, iPhones, and AppleTVs*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1frEDwAAQBAJ&q=%22chip+pearson%22+Jamf&pg=PA23). Apress. ISBN 978-1-4842-5388-5.

1. ["iPad, iPhone Challenge Management Orthodoxy"](https://www.eweek.com/mobile/ipad-iphone-challenge-management-orthodoxy). *eWEEK*. March 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. ["JAMF Software Receives Established Software Company Award at the 2012 Tekne Awards"](https://www.cnbc.com/2012/11/02/jamf-software-receives-established-software-company-award-at-the-2012-tekne-awards.html). *CNBC*. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. ["www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2015/06/jamf-software-ceos-step-down-dean-hager-ceo.html"](https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2015/06/jamf-software-ceos-step-down-dean-hager-ceo.html). *www.bizjournals.com*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. ["MacIT 2013 kicks off with admin overview, nostalgia"](https://www.engadget.com/2013-01-31-macit-2013-kicks-off-with-admin-overview-nostalgia.html). *Engadget*. January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. Strauss, Karsten. ["No Money, No Problem: Bootstrapping Off Of Apple"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2014/11/05/no-money-no-problem-bootstrapping-off-of-apple/). *Forbes*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. Wakabayashi, Daisuke (2014-01-10). ["Apple Devices Flow Into Corporate World"](https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304244904579278560822979176.html). *Wall Street Journal*. [ISSN 0099-9660](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0099-9660). Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. ["How Two IT Guys Turned Their Love For Apple Products Into A Multi-Million Company"](http://news.yahoo.com/two-guys-turned-love-apple-190839305.html). *news.yahoo.com*. December 10, 2013. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. Kapko, Matt (2015-09-17). ["Why Apple and Microsoft are suddenly playing nice"](https://www.cio.com/article/2984576/why-apple-and-microsoft-are-suddenly-playing-nice.html). *CIO*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. ["Jamf co-founder Pearson joins when I Work's board"](https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/04/21/jamf-co-founder-pearson-joins-when-i-works-board.html). *www.bizjournals.com*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. Ojeda-Zapata, Julio & Sep 22nd 2016 - 12pm, St Paul Pioneer Press |. ["Minnesota tech scene on display in 'DocuMNtary'"](https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/4120827-minnesota-tech-scene-display-documntary). *Duluth News Tribune*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. Bort, Julie (2013-12-11). ["How Two IT Guys Turned Their Love For Apple Products Into A Multi-Million Company"](https://www.businessinsider.com/it-guys-who-love-apple-make-millions-2013-12). *Business Insider Australia*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

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