The duo previously started bigfix, an it software patching system that they sold to. David hindawi cofounder executive chairman david hindawi, an accomplished entrepreneur and inventor, cofounded tanium in 2007 and serves as its executive chairman. David and orion hindawi s family business is a unicorn. In 1970, he immigrated to the united states where he earned a phd from uc berkeley. Prior to bigfix, david was founder and chief executive officer of software ventures and a leader in telecommunications software. Lightning doesnt often strike twice, but in the case of the fatherandson team of david and orion hindawi, founders of tanium, inc. David hindawi iraqiborn, american software entrepreneur and billionaire. Thus, the duo took the next step and set up a company called tanium. A decade before founding tanium in 2007, the team developed bigfix for enterprise endpoint managementthe company was later sold to ibm in. See, tanium was founded by david and orion hindawi, the father and son team that created the bigfix management software that was later sold to ibm. David founded software ventures a telecom company in 1970 which he ran as the chief executive officer and then later in 1995, he sold it to an internet service provider, psinet.
Orion hindawi and david hindawi, a fatherson duo recognized that it management issues and increasing cybercrimes could not be solved by technology alone. Serving in the israeli air force after college, he would make. Tanium has hired chris bream, facebook product security director, as cto. The cybersecurity specialist tanium was founded in 2007 by father and son duo david and orion hindawi after they sold their first business, bigfix, to ibm in 2010. In an interview, bigfix chief executive officer david hindawi said the software works by first analyzing a pc, then finding fixlets that pertain to that system. David, left, and orion hindawi at the offices of tanium in 2015. As mentioned previously, both bigfix and tanium were created by fatherson duo david and orion hindawi. Hindawi somewhat famously started tanium with his father, david hindawi, who is the companys executive chairman. In 2007, orion hindawi set up tanium with his father in partnership. Hindawi was born to an iraqi jewish family in baghdad but moved to israel in 1951. David hindawi cofounded cybersecurity firm tanium with his son orion in 2007. He presided as the chairman of the board and ceo of bigfix.
An introduction to tanium the technology partner for. Prior to founding bigfix, hindawi held several executive management roles, including serving as ceo of software ventures, a market leader in telecommunications software. At the tanium conference, orion hindawi talked about the importance of software patching and security hygiene. Dr david hindawi is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer at tanium inc. David hindawi, an accomplished entrepreneur and inventor, founded bigfix in 1997. He previously occupied the position of chief executive officer of bigfix, inc.
Tanium was founded by david and orion hindawi in 2007, who previously had started endpoint security system management vendor bigfix in 1997. Born in iraq to a jewish family in 1944, david hindawi grew up in baghdad before moving to israel in 1951. The companys initial product was a user selfservice system management application that was marketed to oem pc manufacturers. Emeryville, californiabased tanium was founded in 2007 by the father and son team of chairman david hindawi and ceo orion hindawi david has previously founded bigfix, acquired by ibm.
Of course, patching is just as much of a security issue as it is an operation. By then, the hindawis already had moved on to tanium, building the software in secret for five years before unveiling a new, superfast way to scan and. In february 2016, orion took over as ceo of tanium from. Bigfix experts will keep you informed with the latest information about the software and upcoming events. Talia hermanthe new york times via redux david hindawi is an iraqiborn jew who moved with his family to israel when. The startup bigfix helped other businesses manage the software. The hottest enterprise tech startups to watch computerworld.
David hindawi is ceo and chairman of the board of tanium inc. In 1997 he founded a leading systems management company, bigfix, inc. Ibm changed the name of the bigfix product to ibm tivoli endpoint manager tem, but then shortened the name to ibm endpoint manager iem in 20. He also founded it management system called bigfix inc. Hindawi founded software ventures and led the company to its acquisition by psinet, inc. An accomplished entrepreneur and inventor, hindawi holds a number of software patents. Tanium executives exit amid allegations ceo mistreats staff. In 1997, during the dotcom boom, david hindawi started a tech company in emeryville.
After college he served in the israeli air forces operations research department. The two had previously cofounded an earlier company, bigfix, which they sold to. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the united states patent and trademark office uspto. Hcl bigfix is the only endpoint management platform that enables it operations and security teams to fully automate discovery, management and remediation whether its onpremise, virtual, or cloud regardless of operating system, location or connectivity. Tanium an enterprisescale realtime security and systems management company is a prime example of a modern enterprise software company. David hindawi iraqiborn, american software entrepreneur. Operationally, its one of the best technologies weve put in, giambruno says. David hindawi, an accomplished entrepreneur and inventor, cofounded tanium in 2007 and serves as the executive chairman.
Patents by inventor david salim hindawi david salim hindawi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. Tanium is a triple unicorn ready for ipo take off private. Read whats happening with endpoint manager on the official product blog. Tanium transforms it pros into proactive cybersecurity. David hindawi was bornon 1944 in berkeley, california, united states, is executive chairman, tanium. Tanium hires facebooks chris bream as cto, orion hindawi. Tanium bootstrapped first, raised money later on one million by one million.
David hindawi born 1945 is an iraqiborn, american software entrepreneur and billionaire biography. Official documentation that contains information describing ibm products and features. David hindawi s idea for bigfix was to simplify control of networked computers, which eventually expanded into an entire management package, including. He immigrated to the united states where he earned a phd from uc berkeley. Controversial tanium ceo explains why he and his dad have. Today, bigfix solutions are proven in production at more than 350 companies, government agencies and public sector institutions worldwide, and on hundreds of thousands of pc clients, workstations, and servers managing millions of changes. Hindawi occupies the position of executive chairman of tanium, inc. The father and son pair founded tanium in 2007, a cybersecurity firm that works. Bigfix is a global company that provides comprehensive and innovative security configuration management solutions. With the bigfix software, his teams average time to deploy a patch to 20,000 desktops and servers after testing is 45 minutes.
Theyre fabulousi love bigfix, says david giambruno, director of engineering and security at pitney bowes. Ibm changed the name back to ibm bigfix on july 7, 2015. Le duo avait déjà démarré bigfix, un système de correction de logiciels informatiques quils ont vendu à. He received a doctorate from the university of california, berkeley and an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from technionisrael ins. By then, the hindawis already had moved on to tanium, building the software in secret for five years before unveiling a new, superfast way to scan and control security across thousands of networked computers in a company. Both david and orion hindawi left bigfix several years. After college he helped plan bombing runs for the israeli air force during the 1967 sixday war. Orion hindawi cofounded cybersecurity firm tanium with his father david in 2007. David hindawi born 1944 is an iraqiborn, american software entrepreneur and billionaire biography.
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