Dennis Cagan

Chairman of the Board | Shadow CEO® | Tech Entrepreneur | Director | Governance Expert | Author

Mr. Cagan consults through Caganco Incorporated, specializing in supporting CEOs and company owners in his Trademarked role as Shadow CEO®, and helping private companies take advantage of best-of-class boards of directors while protecting the founder's equity.

Mr. Cagan is the author of the definitive book 'The Board of Directors of a Private Enterprise' - bit.ly/CaganBoardBook (2017).

He is a successful tech entrepreneur, co-founding his first software company in 1968, followed by over a dozen others. He has been a CEO (and interim-CEO), investor, and board member (66 boards).

* In 1979 Dennis Keynoted the first COMDEX Show, in Las Vegas. Read more

Chairman of the Board | Shadow CEO® | Tech Entrepreneur | Director | Governance Expert | Author

Mr. Cagan consults through Caganco Incorporated, specializing in supporting CEOs and company owners in his Trademarked role as Shadow CEO®, and helping private companies take advantage of best-of-class boards of directors while protecting the founder's equity.

Mr. Cagan is the author of the definitive book 'The Board of Directors of a Private Enterprise' - bit.ly/CaganBoardBook (2017).

He is a successful tech entrepreneur, co-founding his first software company in 1968, followed by over a dozen others. He has been a CEO (and interim-CEO), investor, and board member (66 boards).

* In 1979 Dennis Keynoted the first COMDEX Show, in Las Vegas.
* In 1980 his fifth company, The David Jamison Carlyle Corp. was listed #32 on the FIRST Inc. 100.
* In 1981 he listed DJCC on NASDAQ.
* In 2011 Dennis was inducted into the IT Hall of Fame - Channel Section (administered by CompTIA).
* In 2013 Dennis was honored by the NACD and the Dallas Business Journal as one of 12 Outstanding Directors in North Texas (the inaugural year of the award).

2011: Dennis was interim CEO and Managing Member of a privately held early-stage cutting-edge cybersecurity software firm.

2009-10: Dennis was interim CEO of a privately held early-stage financial services software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm.

2006: Dennis moved to the Dallas area when he stepped in from the board to become Chairman & CEO of a publicly-traded provider of integrated distance learning solutions.

2000: Dennis was the founder, chairman, and CEO of a private venture investment firm and incubator, investing in nearly 40 early-stage technology companies.

Dennis is an instructor at SMU Cox School of Business BLC and is on several corporate boards of directors - public and private. He attended UCLA (majored in economics). He has an honorable discharge from the USMC ('65-'71) and lives with his wife Angelia in Carrollton, TX.

Google "dennis cagan", visit www.caganco.com, or contact at [email protected] or (805) 570-1000.

Caganco Incorporated has been providing C-level and board consulting since 1983. Services focus primarily on helping privately held companies, usually technology-based, develop a high-level of corporate governance policies and processes. This usually involves identifying and recruiting directors that fit specific strategic and operational needs. Individually these directors are exceptionally accomplished and generally well known in their fields.

For over fifty years Dennis Cagan has worked with hundreds of company owners and CEO's (from back-of-the-napkin start-ups to $2 billion in annual revenue), guiding them and working with them hand-in-hand to expand their skills and performance in areas where they lack direct experience. In over 90 percent of these engagements, he has also led his clients’ efforts to form or upgrade fiduciary and advisory boards. In well over one hundred engagements he has exhibited profound knowledge of governance, and the highest standards of ethics, morals, and behavior. The objective is always to serve the client in a way that supports and accelerates the success, growth, and profitability of their enterprises.

For over fifty years Dennis Cagan has worked with hundreds of company owners and CEO's (from back-of-the-napkin start-ups to $2 billion in annual revenue), guiding them and working with them hand-in-hand to expand their skills and performance in areas where they lack direct experience. In over 90 percent of these engagements, he has also led his clients’ efforts to form or upgrade fiduciary and advisory boards. In well over one hundred engagements he has exhibited profound knowledge of governance, and the highest standards of ethics, morals, and behavior. The objective is always to serve the client in a way that supports and accelerates the success, growth, and profitability of their enterprises.