Dan Cook
Founder at Minca
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Cook is a seasoned founder and general management executive with nearly three decades of experience building and exiting companies across construction technology, SaaS, and enterprise software. As founder of Minca and former VP/GM of Gordian, he combines full P&L ownership with deep domain expertise in construction procurement, cost estimation, and operational efficiency. A 3x founder and early board member at venture-backed Eyrus, he brings hands-on product and go-to-market experience alongside venture capital and ESOP/private equity transaction know-how. Technically literate with a background in civil engineering and a decade of .NET/web tinkering on GitHub, he bridges engineering pragmatism and strategic leadership. Known for scaling teams from startup to public-company environments, he applies lean manufacturing principles to software-driven operational problems. Based in Washington, D.C., he also invests as an LP and often plays a strategic advisor role to founders navigating funding and exits.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BS Civil Engineering, BS Civil Engineering at University of Maryland
English
Github Skills (13)
javascript9
collaboration8
datatypes7
dotnet6
dotnet-core5
jit5
coreclr5
garbage-collector4
specification4
webassembly3
compiler3
ethereum3
nodejs1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
d-cook/Objects
Oct 2016 - Aug 2018
JavaScript POC for a fully user-modifiable software system
Contributions:470 commits, 12 PRs, 300 pushes in 1 year 10 months
javascript
d-cook/Render
Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:6 releases, 65 commits, 38 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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