Gene Hoffman is a Co-Founder and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Vindicia. Prior to Vindicia, he co-founded eMusic in January 1998 and served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director. Gene led the acquisition of eMusic by Vivendi/Universal in June 2001. Before founding eMusic Gene was Director of Business Development and Director of Interactive Marketing of Pretty Good Privacy. Gene joined Pretty Good Privacy after it acquired PrivNet, an Internet privacy software company, where he was co-founder, Director and Executive Vice President.