Donald R. Dixon

Donald R. Dixon

US Cybersecurity Group Member, Co-Founder & Managing Director, ForgePoint Capital

Mr. Donald Dixon is Co-Founder and Managing Director at ForgePoint Capital. Don has been a technology investor for almost three decades and investing in cybersecurity since 1988. He is currently on the Boards of IronNet, CyberCube, 2Checkout, Advance Payment Solutions, Amprius, and Top Image Systems (TISA). Don’s past directorships include AccountNow (acquired by Green Dot), Affiliated Computer Services (Acquired by Xerox), Anasazi Inc. (acquired by Pegasus Solutions), Bank of America Merchant Services (BPI), BlueStar Solutions (acquired by ACS), ByteMobile (acquired by Citrix), CSG Systems (CSGS), eGistics (acquired by Top Image Systems), Epicor Software (EPIC), Epoch Partners (acquired by Goldman Sachs), Evolving Systems (EVOL), Infotrieve (acquired by Copyright Clearance Corporation), InfoUSA (IUSA), Merchant e-Solutions (acquired by Cielo), Neohapsis (acquired by Cisco), Odyssey Logistics (acquired by The Jordan Company), Qualys (QLYS), Signio (acquired by VeriSign), Sygate Technologies (acquired by Symantec), Unison (acquired by IBM), XRS Corp. (acquired by Omnitracs).

Don is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, serves on the Advisory Board of the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership, is a director of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a member of the Board of Advisors to the Naval Postgraduate School. Don co-founded ForgePoint in 2015, and Trident Capital in 1993. Previously, Don was Co-President of Partech International, Managing Director of Alex. Brown & Sons and Vice President of Morgan Stanley & Co.

Don earned his B.S.E. from Princeton University and M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.