Duncan James is an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners and CEO of Vendavo.

Duncan James is an accomplished Operating Partner at Francisco Partners, focusing on the software IT market. He led two private equity backed companies including MModal and QuadraMed, and served as Group President at McKesson Corporation. Additionally, Duncan’s influence spreads to other companies in the Francisco Partners portfolio where he serves on the Board of Directors including Avalon Health, Merative, Orchard Software, and QGenda. An alumnus of Georgia Institute of Technology, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management​.

Gina Bates brings more than 20 years of sales and leadership experience from SAP, Coupa, Anaplan and Salesforce.

Gina has a proven track record building successful, high-performing teams, and is passionate about cultivating a strong team culture. She leads the Global Sales, Business Consulting, Sales Operations, and Partnership teams in all geographies. Gina is a Michigan State alumna.

Ron Pascuzzi has more than 20 years of leadership experience in software, IoT, and consulting.

As Chief Customer Officer, Ron provides executive leadership across the entire customer lifecycle, from onboarding through to retention, expansion, and renewal. Prior to joining Vendavo, he spent 4 years as Chief Customer Officer at Plex Systems, Inc. where he led customer success and services.

Ron holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Western Michigan University.  He resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Alex Hoff has been with Vendavo since 2008 and has served in roles across pre-sales, professional services, marketing, and product management. In his current role as head of product management, Alex manages a talented team that brings innovative software solutions to market that enable B2B corporations to operationalize their commercial excellence strategies. Since 2018, Alex has led the transformation of Vendavo’s product portfolio from a first-generation on-premises software platform, to a portfolio of integrated cloud-native SaaS products.

Prior to working for Vendavo, Alex worked in various marketing and pricing roles for Fortune 500 companies in business services, retail/consumer goods, and freight transportation.

Alex earned his MBA with a Concentration in Marketing from the MJ Neeley School of Business at TCU where he also holds a B.S. in Psychology.  Alex was also among the early participants in the Certified Pricing Professional program from the Professional Pricing Society in 2008.

Chris DeBiase is an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners and CFO of Vendavo.

Chris DeBiase is an experienced Operating Partner at Francisco Partners Consulting. He has spent the last 15+ years as a Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer of private equity-backed software companies including Quest Software, Aspect Software, Vertafore, Corel Corporation, and Ingres. Prior to operating roles, Chris spent 10 years as an Equity Research analyst covering software at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. He is an alumnus of Brown University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

Mike Bernard brings over 15 years of B2B Marketing experience to the role with a deep passion for driving revenue growth, leveraging marketing technology and in building an outstanding team around him.

Mike believes that the right software, and the right people, can truly drive tremendous value for organizations. When you get this combination right, you develop raving fan customers.

Prior to Vendavo, Mike led product and customer marketing at Optimizely and was the CMO of Insite Sofware, the leader in B2B eCommerce software for manufactures and wholesale distributors (acquired by Optimizely).

Mike holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, Morris and a master’s degree from Bethel University.

David Edwards brings an extensive and distinguished background in software development and engineering leadership to Vendavo, particularly in the areas of application and data architectures, scalable computing and distributed systems.

He most recently served as Vice President and Fellow at Cerner, a global healthcare information technology company. Over the past 25 years with Cerner, David was instrumental in leading the company through pivotal shifts in technology and architecture. He was often at the center of strategic technology decisions and previously led a software development organization focused on building scalable and reliable identity and data infrastructure services.

In 2008, David was awarded the prestigious Cerner Fellow designation in recognition for his distinguished technical contributions. He holds a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics from Northwest Missouri State University, where he also serves as a member of the Computer Science Professional Advisory Board.

As General Counsel of Vendavo, Sian Story brings more than 15 years’ experience advising international technology companies on the legal aspects of growth and development.

Prior to Vendavo, Sian worked as a senior in house counsel for a public company in the cyber security industry and spent ten years within an international law firm; in part located in the San Francisco Bay Area acting as a trusted business partner advising numerous household name tech businesses on their overseas expansion.  Sian has a passion for distilling complex legal issues into simple and efficient actions, building sustainable processes, and facilitating scaling and growth.