Daniel Cane
co-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COFOUNDER
Daniel is co-CEO and cofounder of South Florida-based ModMed®, a healthcare IT company that is transforming healthcare through specialty-specific, intelligent platforms to increase practice efficiency and improve patient outcomes.
Founded in February 2010, ModMed has grown to over 1,200 employees and has raised over $332 million in total investment. Known for its progressive growth as a medical technology company, ModMed is frequently recognized both nationally and regionally for its achievements under Daniel’s leadership. In 2020, the company was named one of the Best Workplaces in the Country by Inc. magazine. Between 2016 and 2018, the company was named one of the fastest-growing companies in North America on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ list. Starting in 2015, the company has been named annually to the exclusive Inc. 5000 list, a prestigious compilation of the fastest-growing private companies in the country.
The US Chamber of Commerce named ModMed the Small Business of the Year Regional Finalist, as well as honoring Daniel and Chief Medical and Strategy Officer and cofounder Dr. Michael Sherling with the Leadership in Health Care Award. The South Florida Business Journal also selected ModMed as the Business of the Year in 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2022.
Daniel has received numerous personal accolades during his tenure at ModMed. In 2016, the South Florida Business Journal named Daniel as a South Florida Ultimate CEO. In 2015, he was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year®. In 2014, the Sun-Sentinel announced that Daniel earned the title of Excalibur Awards Palm Beach Small Business Leader of the Year for 2013. He was also named a Palm Beach County Ultimate CEO by the South Florida Business Journal and a CEO of the Year by CEO World.
An entrepreneur, Daniel has a Bachelor of Science in applied economics from Cornell University, where as an undergraduate, he cofounded Blackboard Inc., raised over $100 million in venture capital, and in 2004, helped take the company public on the NASDAQ (BBBB). In 2011, Blackboard was sold for $1.6 billion.
Active in the local community, Daniel serves on the board of trustees at Florida Atlantic University, the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, and the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Cornell University Council. In 2018 he helped to establish The Cane Institute for Advanced Technologies at Henderson/FAU High.
Daniel works, lives and enjoys life in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife and three children.