Dennis Cagan

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Dennis Cagan (Dennis Jay Cagan) Biography

Dennis Cagan has been in the high technology industry as an ACTIVE and successful entrepreneur for 40 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.

Since May, 2006 Dennis has been with TWL Corporation (TWLO.OB) and its subsidiary TWL Knowledge Group, Inc., both based in Carrollton, Texas. Dennis is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. TWL is a leading provider of integrated learning solutions for compliance, safety, emergency preparedness, continuing education and skill development in the workplace. Since 1986, TWL Knowledge Group has met the training and education needs of more than eight million professionals in the industrial, healthcare, fire and emergency, government, law enforcement and private security markets. The company produces and delivers education and workplace skills training content to organizations via global satellite television, the Internet and traditional media such as DVD, CD-ROM and videotape.

Since 1984, as a member of the Board, Dennis has joined numerous company management teams full-time on an interim-basis as CEO, COO, or Vice President – on occasion in turn-around situations.

Prior to running TWL Dennis was the founder, Chairman and CEO of the Santa Barbara Technology Group, LLC, Dennis continues to oversee 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. The firm has provided world-class management assistance, strategic guidance, and valuable connections for entrepreneurs. They provide young companies access to financing and operational and technological infrastructure. His portfolio currently numbers 11 companies.

Dennis is a nationally recognized authority on information technology, including: Internet, software, hardware, and communications, in the disciplines of strategy, sales, marketing, services, and distribution channels. He has authored dozens of articles and has spoken widely at industry conferences and to paying corporate audiences such as Microsoft.

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 and management consultant. Among the companies he has been involved with have been some well-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), Supply Solution, and Commission Junction (acquired by VLCK). Others include: Bargain Network (acquired by VTRU); InTouch Technologies (first investor and Board member); Blue Casa Communication, TrustOn, Noza and Nutricate.

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. (he is a co-founder), Pacific Palisades; InQ, Inc. (Chairman), Agoura Hills; Nutricate Corp., Santa Barbara (Chairman); Truston, Inc. (ScamSafe), Santa Barbara (Chairman and co-founding director); Noza, LLC, Goleta (Chairman); and TWL Corporation (TWLO.OB)

Dennis, 63 years old, is a native Californian, and attended the University of California at Los Angeles where he majored in economics. He has an honorable discharge from the USMC. Dennis and his wife Angelia have four daughters and live in the Dallas area.