The Founders
FOUNDER & CTO
SIMON HOSSELL
FOUNDER & CEO
Tim invented the |pipe| technology and filed the technical patents.
Prior to starting |pipe| he cofounded a web-based telephony company and subsequently sold the IPR to Tropo
Inc., which
was then acquired by Cisco. Before that, Tim was technical cofounder of Westpoint, a web security company
recently
acquired by Capita.
Tim writes all the |pipe| software and manages product development and - leveraging all this experience - he
helps
define WebRTC standards at the W3C and IETF
Simon is an experienced telecoms entrepreneur, a specialist in business strategy, sales and marketing,
finance, legal
and media.
Prior to founding |pipe| he set up and ran European operations for
Gracenote, a California-based company, licensing
software and data services to large consumer electronics OEMs, automobile companies and entertainment
services like
Philips, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, VW, Spotify, etc.
Gracenote was acquired by Sony Corporation of America in 2008.
that the Internet of Things should be secure, private and simple. Yet all too often IoT developers are lacking in security experience and missing the tools they require. So with |pipe| we’re offering them a complete security toolkit - an API/SDK - with device code, plus branding and technical support so they can just focus instead on building awesome connected products.