Wayne Duso
Angel investor in Palo Alto
Palo Alto, California
Wayne Duso, Angel investor in Palo Alto is an active investor based in Palo Alto, California. This profile covers what Wayne Duso backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.
Mr. Wayne Duso serves as Advisor at Anjuna. He is a 30-year compute and data infrastructure builder and leader, angel investor, and advisor. Most recently he was Vice President and General Manager of Storage, Edge, and Data services at AWS, where he built and scaled 12 of 16 AWS Data storage businesses serving over a million enterprises globally, including Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and municipalities, and all DoD branches and NatSec agencies. As the first hire AWS made on the East Coast, starting in 2012 he built the led AWS Boston, a site which grew to 4K+ Amazonians during his 11-year tenure. He received a BS in Computer Sciences from University of Massachusetts Amherst and a MS in Systems Engineering from Boston University.
- Investor type
- Angel
- Stages
- Early Stage Venture
- Invests in
- Healthcare & BiotechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2CDeveloper Tools & DataCybersecurityEdTechMedia & Content
- Location
- Palo Alto, California
- Typical check
- $500K
- Past investments
- 6
Notable investments
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