Who We Are

Cogent is a private company with corporate headquarters in Dallas, TX. Cogent’s founders are committed to excellence in all we do and are singly focused on client results.

Ty Anderson

Ty is a founder of Cogent Company and has more than 12 years of management and technology consulting experience and specializes in architecting professional, well designed, information management applications. Prior to founding Cogent Company, Ty was a founding partner of Credera—a strategy and management consulting firm. Ty began his career as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand and worked for clients in the shipping & distribution, government and financial industries.

Ty is a regular contributor to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), DevSource, and has recently written a book, 'Pro Office 2007 Development with VSTO,' to follow his 2004 book, 'Office Programming 2003: Real World Applications.' Ty is also seen speaking regularly on SharePoint and Office Business Application topics at conferences around the US. In 2009, Ty was awarded Microsoft Most Valued Professional status by Mirosoft for his contributions to the SharePoint and Office communities. Ty received a BBA in Accounting and a B.S. in Spanish from Texas Tech University.

Marc Hoppers

Marc is a founder and serves as Managing Partner of Cogent Company. Marc has more than 20 years of management consulting and industry experience and specializes advising high growth businesses in the use of technology to improve productivity. Prior to founding Cogent Company, Marc ran global channel sales for Trendium, a network management software firm. Before Trendium, Marc served clients globally at Ernst & Young, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, and Consulting Partners. He began his career in research and development at Halliburton.

Marc is an Adjunct Instructor at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, a guest lecturer at the University of North Texas, and a frequent conference speaker on the topics of technology strategy, process improvement, and business intelligence. Marc is an Advisory Board Member of the Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences in the College of Business at the University of North Texas. Marc also serves as President of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter and as a board member on the United States Board of the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners. Marc received a BA and MA from the University of North Texas.