Lorien Gabel
Founder, pingg

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Lorien is a lawyer and entrepreneur who has successfully started and exited from two Internet technology companies. In 1994, at the age of 24, Lorien abandoned a career in law to join his brother Matt at Interlog Internet Services Inc. Interlog never required outside VC investment as cash flow from operations completely financed the company. The company was later acquired in an all cash transaction.

After taking time off, Lorien then spent a year as the first employee and General Manager of Micron Electronics’ web hosting division. Through a series of acquisitions he built the company’s managed hosting services businesses into one of the largest players in the market. Then in April 2000, with venture capital backing from Micron, Lorien co-founded with Matt BOAW Networks Inc, one of the first Canadian companies to capitalize on the shift from co-location to managed hosting services. In 2001, AT&T Canada, looking to enter the managed hosting market, acquired the company, again in an all cash transaction.

In 2003, Lorien moved to New York and joined UK based MessageLabs Inc., a rapidly expanding email security provider, as Global VP of Business Development. Over the next two years Lorien established MessageLabs presence in the US and built out the company’s indirect sales channel. In 2005 Lorien left MessageLabs to establish his next technology venture, pingg which he co-founded with his brother Matt in 2006.

Lorien has also served on the boards of a number of organizations and private companies including the Royal Bank of Canada’s VC Tech Fund and Fusion Capital. Lorien has a LLB from Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School and is a member in good standing with the Ontario Bar.