Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 25, 2001
CHRISTOPHER G. KENBER has served as President and CEO of Hifn,
Inc., since August 2000, and as Chairman since October, 2001. He
joined Hifn from Apptitude, Inc., where he was President and
Chief Executive Officer from 1998. Mr. Kenber has held a number
of CEO positions with companies in the high-technology area as
well as consulting to several venture capital funds. Prior to his
tenure with Apptitude, he was the President and CEO of Aonix
Inc., a developer of object-oriented software tools. Previously,
Mr. Kenber was Executive Vice President of Ingres Corporation,
and a Senior Vice President at MICOM Systems. Mr. Kenber spent 17
years at IBM Corporation, where he held multiple sales, marketing
and business management positions. Mr. Kenber has a degree in
Psychology and Philosophy from Oxford University and has served
on multiple local government and not-for-profit boards. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin as we always do with a historical sketch and anoverview of the company.
Mr. Kenber: hi/fn was created as a spinout of a company called Stac.
Stac, for about 15