Biography

Storm Duncan brings three decades of experience in the technology industry, including deep M&A expertise and operational leadership as a technology company CEO. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ignatious, a leading technology-focused M&A advisory firm specializing in artificial intelligence and software. Prior to founding Ignatious, he served as Global Head of Technology M&A at Jefferies, and as Global Head of Technology M&A at Credit Suisse. During his career, he has advised on landmark transactions across the software and internet sectors, including Google’s acquisitions of YouTube and DoubleClick, the sale of Tinder to Match, and on the sale of MySQL to Sun, and of Sun to Oracle amongst many others. He has also served as CEO of multiple technology companies, leading technology development and operations, and as a board member, investor, or strategic advisor to numerous software and AI companies including Automatic, Dataminr, Fieldguide, Gecko Robotics, Guideline, Sundrop, Worldcoin, and You.com. Storm holds a B.A. in Political Science and American Studies from Yale University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Michigan.