About
Hans Hoffmann was born in Seattle, WA on Dec 12th 1966. He grew up in the suburbs in a town called Bellevue. He graduated with a BA in Marketing and International Business from Washington State University. During his time in college he spent a year abroad attending the Danish International Studies Program in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Following college he worked in Sales at Microsoft Corporation for 18 years, holding a variety of jobs in sales from Inside Channel Sales, Business Development, Sales: SQL Server, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft Hosting Solutions, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio Team System, BizTalk Server, Sharepoint Portal Server, Windows, Windows Server etc..Hans was also on the front line during the initial internet boom calling on ISP’s all over the country and getting them to look at, use and deploy Internet Explorer. During this time he also started working with the early leaders in web hosting and the Software as a Service (SAS) delivery companies.
Hans is an avid soccer fanatic. He coaches 2 teams including a Select team for Seattle United, one of the largest clubs in Washington State. He has organized tournament for the city of Shoreline. He holds a National “D” license with the United States Soccer Federation. A season ticket holder for the Seattle Sounders since they joined Major League Soccer. A member of the Shorelake Soccer Club board and Commissioner for Seattle Youth Soccer Association. Hans has attended professional games in Rome, Palermo, Madrid, London, Liverpool, and Copenhagen.
An avid reader Hans has read over 200 books the past 10 years. Primarily classic literature, history and politics. The books read range from Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”, Schlessinger’s “1000Days” and “RFK”, to Lawrence James’ “Raj” and Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago”.
He is married to Jean and has 3 boys (all soccer players).
