Summary
John Dugan is a results-driven CEO and former software-focused operator with 11 years of leadership experience building ecommerce and product organizations from the ground up. He scaled State Supply’s digital channel through hands-on frontend and backend work, lean UX, and data-driven continuous deployment before moving into COO and now CEO roles where culture and execution are his primary levers. A founder of a failed startup, he translates hard-earned lessons about core competencies, focus, and realistic goals into disciplined strategy and team empowerment. He combines an engineer’s respect for constraints with a marketer’s instinct for customer journeys, content strategy, and conversion optimization. Based in Minneapolis, he pairs a deep reading habit across systems thinking, organizational design, and product strategy with an unusual background in acting—bringing storytelling and psychological insight into leadership and culture. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, curious, and relentless about turning ideas into measurable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Benilde-St. Margaret's
Iowa State University - Ivy College of Business