Ben Duncan
Co-Founder And CTO at Mulga
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Duncan is a three-time founder and technology leader with 10+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems, most notably growing Atmail from a teen project into a globally licensed mail platform and exiting successfully in 2024. As a former AWS Startup principal solutions architect he secured multi-million-dollar ARR, drove GenAI initiatives across APJ, and helped startups adopt custom silicon and cloud migration playbooks. He now co-leads Mulga Defense Corporation, applying sovereign-edge technologies to reshape autonomy, security, and resilience for defense customers. Ben blends hands-on engineering (React, Go, large-scale object storage) with startup playbook experience—assembling world-class teams and moving products from zero to growth. Outside work he’s an avid surfer and 4x4 outback traveler, a practical reminder that he builds for real-world constraints as well as cloud-scale systems.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Colo High SchoolBachelor’s Degree Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology Major, Bachelor’s Degree Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology Major at University of the Sunshine Coast
Github Skills (32)
assembly9
code-generation8
aws8
bare-metal8
kvm8
qemu8
sha7
edge-computing7
private-cloud7
x86-646
golang6
go6
avx6
cloud-infrastructure6
x866
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mulgadc/predastore
Apr 2025 - Jun 2026
Contributions:6 releases, 1 PR, 51 pushes in 1 year 1 month
benduncan/benduncan
Oct 2022 - Feb 2026
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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