Bio

Elgin Thompson is a Managing Director in JMP Securities’ technology investment banking group with a focus on the Internet and digital media. Prior to joining JMP, Elgin was a Managing Director at Digital Capital Advisors, an advisory boutique focused on emerging technology companies. Elgin previously served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at GridNetworks, a venture-backed Internet infrastructure provider, where he was instrumental in negotiating the company’s sale. Earlier in his career, he was a senior member of the technology and media investment banking groups at Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch and practiced mergers and acquisitions law with DLA Piper and Wildman Harold (now Lord & Locke). Elgin holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a JD from Temple University Beasley School of Law, and a BA from Northern Illinois University.