Eric Hipkins

Eric Hipkins is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of R9B, a global leader in cybersecurity products, services and training for the U.S. Department of Defense, Fortune 500, financial markets, critical infrastructure and the international community. Since founding R9B in 2011, Eric’s vision has been to introduce military-grade cyber defense concepts to private enterprises. As a pioneer in cybersecurity, Eric first introduced the concept of threat hunting to commercial markets as early as 2013 with the development of the Edison award-winning ORION HUNT platform. Today, he leads a team of more than 100 professionals dedicated to continuous innovation for the protection of information and automated physical systems. A military veteran, Eric is an accomplished cybersecurity, threat intelligence, linguistics and cryptology professional with more than 25 years of specialization in advanced cybersecurity and technical intelligence operations. Eric founded the firm after a career that spanned more than two decad