Duncan Kennedy

Advisor

Duncan Kennedy is the Managing Director of Indigenext, an Indigenous business incubator based in Vancouver. Indigenext is founded on the principle of “Reconciliation through Innovation”. With Capilano University, Indigenext has created BC’s first Indigenous Accelerator, which launched in 2020. Before he was liberated from the technology industry, Kennedy founded or served as a senior executive at ten tech companies (three of which were sold) and worked at Apple and Sony for more than a decade. At Apple, he managed the QuickTime product line, the foundation of modern digital video, and initiated QuickTime for Windows, which shipped more than 1 billion units. At Sony, he launched the world’s first 4k Video Service. Duncan is from Prince George and is of Metis, Scottish, and English descent. He graduated from the University of British Columbia.