# Dan Campbell

> Dan Campbell is the Chicago-based co-founder and Chief Architect of LogicGate, the enterprise software company he started with Matt Kunkel and Jon Siegler after the three consultants grew frustrated with rigid governance, risk and compliance tools. A University of Michigan graduate with a business degree and computer science minor, Campbell helped build LogicGate's first SaaS product, championed its flexible platform model and guided an important move from a relational database to Neo4j. More than a decade on, he remains focused on architecture as LogicGate develops AI-supported GRC products.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Chief Architect at LogicGate
- **Organizations:** LogicGate, Navigant, University of Michigan Information and Technology Services
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, minor in Computer Science, University of Michigan
- **Known for:** Co-founded LogicGate and helped create its first SaaS product after a year of research and design., Championed a flexible, customer-configurable approach to governance, risk and compliance workflows., Helped guide LogicGate's migration from a relational database to Neo4j graph technology.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2013** — Studied business administration with a computer science minor at the University of Michigan and worked as a web application engineer for university information technology services.
- **Early 2010s** — Worked as a consultant at Navigant, encountering the limitations of enterprise governance, risk and compliance software firsthand.
- **2015** — Co-founded LogicGate with Matt Kunkel and Jon Siegler in Chicago and helped build the first version of its SaaS platform.
- **2018** — LogicGate raised a $7.5 million Series A, bringing its reported funding at the time to $9.4 million.
- **2021** — LogicGate announced a $113 million Series C led by PSG, bringing company-reported total funding to $156 million.
- **2022** — The founders marked seven years of LogicGate, including more than 100 customers, several office moves and international expansion.
- **2025** — Campbell joined his co-founders for a ten-year retrospective on LogicGate's GRC & Me podcast.
- **2026** — Remained Chief Architect through LogicGate's CEO transition to Diego Panama and its growing focus on AI-supported GRC.

## Achievements

- Co-founded LogicGate and helped create its first SaaS product after a year of research and design.
- Championed a flexible, customer-configurable approach to governance, risk and compliance workflows.
- Helped guide LogicGate's migration from a relational database to Neo4j graph technology.
- Contributed to a company that passed 100 customers, expanded internationally and reported $156 million in total funding after its Series C.
- Published practical articles on graph databases, ransomware vulnerability management and risk quantification.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Diego Panama became LogicGate CEO; Campbell continued as Co-Founder and Chief Architect while the company emphasized AI-supported and agentic GRC.
- **2026-04** — LogicGate announced its leadership transition and confirmed that Campbell would remain an organizational leader shaping the company's future.
- **2025-06** — Appeared with Matt Kunkel and Jon Siegler on a special GRC & Me episode reflecting on LogicGate's first decade.

## Links

- Website: https://www.logicgate.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjcampbell
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiEylyWHf3M

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Last updated: 2026-09-27