Serial entrepreneur, although he has tried to retire numerous times. Dan was named Entrepreneur of the Year for Benton County 2003.
Several of his major projects include:
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He is currently working with several startup, including startups from OSU and UofO. He is an active angel investor and mentor to several companies.
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He is also involved in several real estate investments including indoor soccer facilities, apartment projects, senior living facilities, and self storage units.
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He was appointed by the federal court to be on the 4 person management committee of the $1.7 Billion Sunwest bankruptcy.
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He also served on the creditors committee and LLC committee. In past he was instrumental in raising $45 million dollar to start a green-field sawmill in Chehalis, WA. This sawmill is one the first brand new sawmill to be built in recent times, which was sold to Sierra Pacific shortly after startup.
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He was a founder and President of HotData, Inc an internet data company. HotData has raised 3 rounds of Venture Capital and was sold to Group 1, eventually purchased by IBM.
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Mr. Whitaker was an initial partner and a director of Rogue Wave Software, Inc. Rogue Wave was #93 on the INC 500 list. Mr. Whitaker was instrumental in raising Venture Capital and helping Rogue Wave do an IPO.