Sam Kagan
I run operations and marathons.
Currently
I lead operations at BoreDM, a software company that helps civil engineers manage their data to build safer infrastructure. We serve dozens of state governments and some of the largest engineering firms in the world. I built our project management system from scratch, lead a dozen engineers, close enterprise deals, write production code, and led our first security audit to a perfect score.
Previously
I spent a year in Taipei running a college consulting business that helped students land spots at Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and others. Before that, I was a Princeton in Asia fellow at the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation, where I hosted conversations and researched East Asian economies.
In college, I founded the data team at The Daily Princetonian and designed our inaugural student-body surveys. Seven years later, they're still being published and have been cited in the New York Times and Forbes. I was also president of the Orange Key Guide Service, Princeton's student admissions group.
Education
I graduated from Princeton University summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Near Eastern Studies and Journalism. In my final year, I won the Near Eastern Studies Department Prize for an Outstanding Senior Thesis (I wrote about Israeli free speech jurisprudence) and received a Fulbright Award for Taiwan.
Otherwise
I grew up in Chicago and started FWPMUN, a city-wide Model UN conference that's running strong a decade later. I love soup dumplings, crossword puzzles, and baseball — I've seen a game at every stadium in the MLB. Last fall I ran the New York City Marathon, and this summer I'm representing Chinese Taipei as flag bearer and half marathoner at the 2026 Maccabiah Games.
