Allen Duan is an Operating Partner and Co-Head of Platform at B Capital who leads the firm’s portfolio value-add strategy. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Technology at Hearst, where he led solutions and innovation across mobile, video, advertising, machine learning, voice/audio, data/analytics and other emerging technology for over 350 businesses. He co-founded Hearst’s first programmatic advertising team through CoreAudience, while managing over 100 strategic partnerships.

Prior to Hearst, Allen served as Corporate Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Viacom and MTV Networks during the “Jersey Shore” era and as Senior Director of Corporate Development and M&A for Sony Corporation of America. He began his career with seven years at Microsoft in product management, business development and product planning roles across MSN, Financial Services and Mobile & Embedded Devices divisions.

Allen first started coding as an undergrad at Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a joint Bachelor in Engineering Sciences and Economics. He also earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is based in New York.