Duane Donner is founder and Managing Partner of Founders Investment Banking. Duane, a native of Lafayette, LA, began his career as a project engineer for Global Industries, an industry-leading oil and gas offshore construction company. He also served in the Army Reserves and ended his military service as a 1st Lt. Infantry officer serving his last year on active duty during Desert Storm. Upon graduation from the University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. he successfully built and sold a company of his own. Duane started Founders Investment Banking in 2003, the company offers M&A advisory and merchant banking services with a specialized practice in Oil & Gas Services. Duane is a registered representative M&A Securities Group, Inc., an unaffiliated broker dealer and member FINRA/SIPC.