Founder Profile
Eric Browne
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Eric Browne?
Eric Browne is a founder of Smartsheet, which was founded in 2005 with Brent Frei, Mark Mader and John Creason.
- Company founded
- Smartsheet
- Founded
- 2005
- Co-founders
- Brent Frei, Mark Mader and John Creason
Background
Software engineer and tech entrepreneur.
Founding Story
Eric Browne co-founded Smartsheet in 2005. Providing absolutely critical early technical leadership, he helped design the platform's initial architecture, heavily focusing on ensuring the cloud-based application could instantly sync massive spreadsheets across multiple users without data corruption or lag. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Smartsheet FY2024 Annual Report (Smartsheet)
- Q3 FY2025 results (Smartsheet)