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Dennis J. Cagan
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
dennis.cagan@twlk.com
 Mr. Cagan has served as a director since May 2005. He has been in the high technology industry as an active and successful entrepreneur for over 39 years, having founded over a dozen different companies. Dennis has been an investor, professional board member (over 43 boards) and consultant for over 30 years. He brings a broad perspective emphasizing sales, marketing and strategy to the management of a technology-based company.
Since 1984, usually as a member of the Board, Dennis has joined numerous company management teams full-time as CEO, COO, or Vice President of Sales & Marketing to name just a few. He has experience in both company turn-around and growth environments.
In May 2006 Dennis was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of TWL Corporation and its subsidiary TWL Knowledge Group, Inc. Dennis is currently actively engaged full-time in leading the company.
Prior to joining TWL Corporation, Dennis was the founder, Chairman and CEO of the Santa Barbara Technology Group, LLC, a small regional venture capital firm. Dennis oversaw all activities including monitoring portfolio investments, consulting to early-stage technology companies, and selecting new investments.
Santa Barbara Technology Group, LLC is a private investment and consulting firm engaged primarily in working with, and investing in early-stage technology companies. They provided world-class management assistance, strategic guidance, and valuable connections for entrepreneurs. They provided young companies access to financing and operational and technological infrastructure.
In 1979 Dennis was the keynote speaker at the first COMDEX Show, in Las Vegas. In 1976 he founded the David Jamison Carlyle Corp., one of the country’s largest distributors of computer peripherals, and took it public in 1981. Between 1981 and 2000 Dennis served as an investor, mentor and management consultant. Among the companies he has been involved with have been some of Southern California’s best-known technology enterprises including Wavefront Technologies (then Alias/Wavefront - NASDAQ, acquired by SGI), Software.com (NASDAQ, merged with Phone.com, now OpenWave: OPWV), Somera Communications (SMRA, founding investor only), Commission Junction (acquired by VLCK), and Bargain Network (acquired by VTRU).
Dennis was previously on the board of a number of other public technology firms including The David Jamison Carlyle Corp. (he was the founder), ISOCOR (acquired by Critical Path: CPTH), MessageMedia, Inc. (acquired by DoubleClick: DCLK, he was the interim CEO), Great Bear Technologies, StarPress and Sanctuary Woods Multimedia.
Dennis is currently on six Boards of Directors: Acorn Technologies, Inc.; InQ, Inc.; Nutricate Corp.; Truston, Inc. (ScamSafe); Noza, LLC; and TWL Corporation (TWLP.OB)
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