Education
University of Strathclyde.
University of Strathclyde.
After studying computer science at the University of Strathclyde and Hogere Informatica Opleiding, Van Hoff joined Sun Microsystems as an engineer with the Distributed Objects Everywhere team In 1993 he joined the Java development team, writing the language"s compiler and taking responsibility for its first release to Netscape in August 1995. In 1996 he left Sun, feeling that the options to develop Java outside of the organisation were "too tempting", and established the startup Marimba, serving as its Chief Technology Officer.
At Marimba, Van Hoff led the engineering team in developing a push technology-based software distribution system, Castanet.
In 2002, Van Hoff left Marimba, which was acquired by Business Service Management Software for $240 million. He started Strangeberry, a startup that developed software to play computer-stored content on televisions.
lieutenant was acquired by TiVo, Incorporated. in January 2004, and he joined TiVo as Principal Engineer. He resigned from TiVo in 2005. and later joined Flipboard as their Chief Technology Officer.
He left Flipboard in November 2012, and currently serves as Chief Technology Officer of both Jaunt, Incorporated. and Zing Systems, Incorporated., as well as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence of Redpoint Ventures.