Horst Joepen

Horst Joepen is responsible for general management and strategy at Searchmetrics. He has a broad background in Internet and software technology as a successful software entrepreneur. Among other ventures he spun out Webwasher – an IT security product, Web- and Ad-filter – from Siemens AG and grew it to a successful worldwide IT security business, including a successful exit to a leading US IT security vendor. He served in various senior management and executive positions at Nixdorf Computer AG, Siemens AG, Secure Computing Inc. and Cyberguard Inc.