Dennis Cagan, Chief Executive Officer

Dennis Cagan is a high-technology industry authority, and well-respected c-level executive, consultant, venture capitalist, private investor and professional board member.  Dennis' career spans 43 years of founding and leading a wide variety of information technology, software, services and Internet firms.  He has done business in 35 countries and has an impressive track record of both start-up and turn-around situations. 

In 1976, Dennis turned his fifth start-up, David Jamison Carlyle Corporation, into one of the country's largest distributors of computer peripherals, taking it public in 1981.  He served as Chairman, CEO and President of TWL Corporation based in Carrollton, Texas, and was also founder, Chairman and CEO of the Santa Barbara Technology Group, LLC, a private incubator and venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies.  He currently serves on four corporate Boards of Directors.

Over the years, Dennis has offered consulting services to companies such as AT&T, IBM, General Electric, and U.S. West, among others.  He has authored dozens of articles, and in 1979, served as the Keynote Speaker at the first COMDEX Show in Las Vegas.  Dennis attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) where he majored in economics, and has an honorable discharge from the USMC.