Collaboration
Success is built through relationships. You never build alone again.
Roy Buncome
Founder · Strategy Architect · CollabIgnite
Jacksonville, Florida · 25+ years · Financial Services
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The steady hand with the sharp edge.
You get a senior strategy and business development leader with 25+ years accelerating growth across technology, government, defense, financial services, and emerging markets. High-leverage revenue opportunities, new markets, scalable business models, and partnerships that directly move your P&L.
People call him an architect because that is the actual job: putting deals together. In seconds he recognizes who in a room can make a real deal, and you get connected with them. Three of his clients' companies have exited, from $30 million to $100 million.
"I'm a corporate assassin. I help eliminate my client's competitors. And I'm your capital raise's best wingman."
The edge is real, but so is the steadiness. Dependable. Immovable on your interests. Patient when patience wins, decisive when the window opens. You get both.
The Origin
Why CollabIgnite exists
Built in Jacksonville. Scaled globally. After decades working with entrepreneurs, technology, and business development, one pattern kept repeating: most businesses do not fail for lack of passion.
They fail for lack of strategy, relationships, systems, access, accountability, and capital pathways. CollabIgnite exists to bridge that gap for you: the right people, resources, and strategies, connected at the right time to ignite your growth.
Mission
To empower entrepreneurs and businesses with the clarity, relationships, strategies, and resources needed to create sustainable growth and economic impact.
Vision
To become the leading force in driving transformative growth through collaboration, helping you build a company that creates wealth, jobs, and community impact.
The Impact Mission
Where your company could be headed
100
startups to reach $100K+
50
businesses to reach $500K+
20
companies to reach $5M to $10M+
The Record
25+ years, chapter by chapter
1995 to Present
Business Analyst, Sylvester Project & Business Development Corp.
Direction for business improvement from conception, through pre-startup, to expansion. Thirty years of pattern recognition you get to borrow.
2015 to Present
Business Development Manager, CollabIgnite
Coordinating resources to get businesses off the ground, handle major projects, and accomplish something fundamentally extraordinary.
2018 to 2024
Advisory Board, Small Business Development Center at UNF
Serving Florida's principal provider of business assistance, helping founders become fundable and grow with discipline.
2021 to Present
Division Leader, Financial Services
Leading growth across financial services: capital strategy, deal flow, and market expansion.
Also in the record: Florida Leadership Trust, National Federation of Independent Business (2015 to 2024), advocating for small business owners in Washington and all 50 state capitals. Eight professional certifications. Eighteen public recommendations on LinkedIn, and counting.
Core Values
Six values that never move
Execution
Ideas create possibilities. Execution creates results. You get both, in that order.
Integrity
Trust is the foundation of every partnership. Yours is protected like it is our own.
Innovation
Technology, including AI, deployed as your competitive advantage.
Growth
Always improve, expand, and evolve. Measurable growth, not motion.
Impact
Your success should improve your community. Wealth, jobs, and legacy.