Iain Mac Donald

About Iain Mac Donald

Serial entrepreneur with a passion for high growth ventures that seek to make things better for people. Founded Perlico in 2003 and was CEO as it developed into Ireland's leading alternative provider of consumer Broadband before exiting to Vodafone in 2007 in a $100m deal. Now fortunate enough to be leading a highly talented team of self starters at SkillPages who are intent on improving ... people's lives and having fun while doing it. Angel investor in a few technology startups including Startupbootcamp and Catchfree as well as a regular speaker at various tech events including f.ounders, Founders Forum, Dublin Web Summit etc. View More

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Iain Mac Donald (SkillPage Update: Skillpages CEO)

Interviewed by Financial TimesInterviewed by The Financial Times yesterday and referenced in article about the global skills shortage in tech sector. www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5575e29e-523d-11e1-a155-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lsC8hhpW

February 9

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Iain Mac Donald (SkillPage Update: Skillpages CEO)

Exposure on RTE TV news again re Skillpages and Facebook Another piece on the RTE main evening TV news last evening about Facebook.

February 3

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Iain Mac Donald (SkillPage Update: Skillpages CEO)

Interviewed on RTE TV News about Facebook Enjoyed being a very small part of the media frenzy that is surrounding Facebook's filing of their "S1", that is, their pre-IPO documentation. Interviewed by RTE TV news about the topic.... View all

February 2

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Iain Mac Donald's Experience

SkillPages

Co-Founder and CEO Jan 2010 - Present (2 years 2 months)

Perlico

Founder and CEO Jan 2003 - Aug 2008 (5 years 8 months)

Founded Perlico in 2003 and was CEO as the company grew to become a leading supplier of broadband in the Republic of Ireland, before selling the company to Vodafone in a c.€70m (c.$100m) deal in 2007.

Solar Marketing

Head of Operations Jan 2002 - Jan 2003 (1 year 1 month )

Let the turnaround of Solar, a business process outsourcing firm focused on providing services within the multinational telecommunications and internet sectors, before arranging the sale of the ... business to International Marketing Solutions (IMS). View More

eHost Europe

VP Business Development Jan 2000 - Jan 2002 (2 years 1 month )

A market leader in development of internal Application Service Provision (ASP) solutions for large multi-national companies. Managed Business Development including sale to Dell Corporation of ... their circa 6,000 user EMEA ASP based on Citrix and Microsoft Technologies as well as other clients including Vodafone, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Global Asset Management, Credito Italiano Bank etc. View More

Intergraph

VP Business Development Jan 1998 - Jan 2000 (2 years 1 month )

Managed Business Development within Intergraph, a then Nasdaq listed provider of technology services including GEO spacial software and Applications Service Provision (ASP) solution.

Iain Mac Donald's Education

Economics and Information Studies course

(Final Year: 1998)

University College Dublin

Arts (Final Year: 1998)

Blackrock College

High School: (Final Year: 1995)

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