Ian Thurbon is an information technology industry veteran with 30+ years of experience. He has founded, built, grown, reformatted, acquired and sold numerous businesses & business units throughout the technology industry. His leadership track record ranges across Systems Integrators, IT Professional Services, Software Development, and Managed Services firms. Ian also brings significant M&A, fundraising and strategic partnership experience to the Founders First team. From serving as the founder of pure start-ups to the leader of more established corporate entities, he has a broad base of experience that allows him to range between operations, strategy and the human elements of business leadership. Ian believes deeply that all businesses are essentially people machines that need careful nurturing, and that such nurturing should begin with the leaders of those businesses

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