Entrepreneurs / Small Business  June 23, 2015

Coalfire CEO, co-founder Rick Dakin dies while hiking near Colorado Springs

LOUISVILLE — Rick Dakin, co-founder and chief executive of Louisville-based cybersecurity firm Coalfire Systems Inc., died Saturday while hiking with his family on a trail near Colorado Springs, the company confirmed in a statement Tuesday.

Rick Dakin
Rick Dakin

The El Paso County coroner’s office had identified Dakin, 63, on Monday, but offered no other details about him at the time, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported.

A spokeswoman for Coalfire said Tuesday that an official cause of death has yet to determined.

According to the Gazette, Dakin…

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