David Riker (entrepreneur)

David Riker is the co-founder of BlueLine Grid, Inc., operator of a critical communication platform for enterprise security and public safety.[1][2][3]

David Riker
Alma materTrinity College
Known foreCoverage, BlueLine Grid

In 1999, Riker founded one of the first online auto insurance companies, eCoverage, which allowed users to purchase and manage their insurance needs online.[4]

Education

Riker attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.[5] He graduated from Trinity in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[5]

Career

After graduating from Trinity, Riker worked for the Boston-based biotechnology company, Genzyme, from 1994 to 1996.[4] Following his career at Genzyme, Riker founded a company that facilitated communication via interactive networks and video calls between investment bankers and institutional investors.[4]

Riker was the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and chairman of the board of eCoverage, one of the first online auto insurance companies.[6][7] Riker founded the company in September 1999,[5] and it was sold in 2001 to the General Motors Acceptance Corporation.[8]

Riker became the chief technology strategist for the insurance provider St. Paul Companies Inc. in 2001.[9] In April 2006, Riker started Storm Exchange, a weather risk management company.[10][11]

In 2013, Riker co-founded BlueLine Grid (formerly Bratton Technologies, Inc.) along with co-founders Jack Weiss and Bill Bratton—the current police commissioner of New York City and former police chief of Los Angeles.[12] BlueLine Grid is a mobile communications application that enables secure communication for public safety and corporate security teams.[3] The first app was released in May 2014.

References
  1. Mohammed Anzil. "BlueLine, New Social Network For Law Enforcement". Social Positives. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  2. Marek Ramilo (2013-11-20). "NHPD, YPD go digital". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  3. "About BlueLine Grid". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  4. "Harvard Business case study: "The Evolution of eCoverage in the Online Insurance Market."". May 9, 2000.
  5. Leslie Virostek (November 2000). "Online insurance pioneer". MOSAIC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  6. Karlin, Beth (December 31, 1999). "The Roadmap to Success". Insurance Networking News.
  7. McLean, Bethany. "Could Tiny Ecoverage Be The Amazon Of Insurance?". Fortune.
  8. Catherine Tapia (2001-03-26). "Another 'Dot-Gone': eCoverage is History". Insurance Journal. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  9. "Class notes 2003-2004". Trinity Reporter. Spring 2002. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  10. Marshall, J. "Weather Derivatives For The Middle Market". Financial Executive.
  11. "David Riker". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  12. Christie Nicholson. "Q&A: Ex-police commissioner Bill Bratton launches 'Facebook for cops'". Smart Planet. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
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