Zach Halmstad is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is best known as the founder and former CEO of JAMF Software.

Biography

Halmstad is a longtime resident of

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Eau Claire (; ) (French for "clear water") is a city mostly located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat, and with a small portion in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It had a population of 69,421 in 2020, making it the stat ...

and a graduate of North High School and the

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

, where he studied music and computer science. Halmstad co-founded JAMF Software (now Jamf) with

Chip Pearson Chip Pearson is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is best known as a founder and former CEO of Jamf, JAMF Software. Biography Pearson is a longtime resident of St. Paul, Minnesota. He co-founded Jamf, JAMF Software (now Jamf) ...

in 2002. His work in the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s IT department fueled an interest in streamlining information technology administration. The tools he created to efficiently setup and maintain computers at UW-Eau Claire became the foundation and motivation to start Jamf. Halmstad ran Jamf with Pearson, taking $30 Million in

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financing from

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. In 2017, Jamf was acquired by

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and Halmstad and co-founder

left the company. Prior to selling Jamf, Halmstad was quoted as stating that "Jamf generates over $52 million in annual revenue, serves more than 5,500 customers, has nearly 2,000 employees, and just opened its eighth office around the world. JAMF has received an estimated valuation of $225 million." Since the sale, Jamf has grown to over 1,500 employees. Jamf is now traded on NASDAQ under the symbol JAMF. Halmstad was involved in two hotel renovations in downtown Eau Claire - The Lismore and The Oxbow - and, with musician

Justin Vernon Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the primary songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. Known for his distinct falsetto voic ...

, helped raise funds for a performance center.

References

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