Founded 1985 Founders Jay Hagan, Scott Gaidano | Type of business Private | |
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Industry Data Recovery
Digital Forensics
eDiscovery Key people Jay Hagan, CEO
Scott Moyer, President Website www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com Headquarters Novato, California, United States | ||
Drivesavers security during data recovery
DriveSavers, Inc. is a computer hardware data recovery, digital forensics and eDiscovery firm located in Novato, California. It was founded by CEO Jay Hagan and former company President Scott Gaidano in 1985.
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History
In 1985 former Jasmine Technologies executives Jay Hagan and Scott Gaidano founded DriveSavers, operating from Gaidano’s condo with $1,400. DriveSavers originally offered both hard drive repair and data recovery services, but the company dropped its drive repair services within its first eight months. In 1992, DriveSavers signed an agreement with SuperMac Technology to assume technical support and warranty obligations for SuperMac Mass Storage Products.
The company merged with Data Recovery Disk Repair in 1994 and retained the DriveSavers name. In 2008, DriveSavers invested two million dollars to build a series of five ISO-certified cleanrooms, to diassemble and rebuild damaged hard drives. From 2004-2009, the company grew from 35 to 85 employees.
It also works with "the more secretive" branches of government and celebrities.
DriveSavers is the only recovery firm licensed with every major hard-drive manufacturer, so their work on a drive does not void the warranty. It can recover data from hard disk drives, solid state drives, smart phones, servers, digital camera media and iOS devices. DriveSavers is certified HIPAA-compliant, undergoes annual SOC2 Type II reviews and has encryption training certificates from GuardianEdge, PGP, PointSec and Utimaco.
Awards
Diamond Certified, 2013-16