George MacDonald

Current

• Senior Product Manager - Revenue Optimization at Yahoo! Inc.

Past

• Designer at Cryptic Studios, Inc.
• Consultant at Laughing Collie Productions
• Marketing Manager, General Manager at Sleator Games, Inc.

• Web Activity Manager at ThirdAge Media, Inc.
• Project Manager at Quarium, Inc.
• Senior Producer at Accolade, Inc.
• Producer at Strategic Simulations, Inc.
• Vice President, Finance at Hero Games

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Education

• San Jose State University
• San Jose State University
• Aragon High School San Mateo, CA

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Recommended

6 people have recommended George

Connections

249 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog

George MacDonald’s Summary

Professional manager and entrepreneur with a history of shipping successful online, consumer, and entertainment software. An MBA and Bachelors in Engineering with diversified experience, including:

* 11 years of web, consumer, and entertainment software product and project management
* 5 years of executive level management
* 3 years of web experience with responsibilities including Product Marketing Manager and General Manager
* 2 years experience and an MBA concentration in marketing

George MacDonald’s Specialties:

Software Product Management, Software Project Management, Internet Marketing, General Management, Game Design, Copy Writing

George MacDonald’s Experience

• Designer

  Cryptic Studios, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  September 2006 — October 2006 (2 months)

  Preliminary design work on Marvel Comics MMO.

• Consultant

  Laughing Collie Productions

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  November 2005 — August 2006 (10 months)

  Improved budget tracking to identify cost savings. Authored copy for marketing outreach and client communications.

• Marketing Manager, General Manager

  Sleator Games, Inc.

  (Computer Games industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

• Web Activity Manager

  ThirdAge Media, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Project Manager

  Quarium, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

• Senior Producer

  Accolade, Inc.

  (Computer Games industry)

  1993 — 1998 (5 years )

• Producer

  Strategic Simulations, Inc.

  (Entertainment industry)

  1987 — 1992 (5 years )

• Vice President, Finance

  Hero Games

  (Entertainment industry)

  1981 — 1986 (5 years )

George MacDonald’s Education

• San Jose State University

  MBA , Marketing , 1999 — 2001

  Graduated with Honors

• San Jose State University

  BS , Engineering , 1978 — 1987

• Aragon High School San Mateo, CA

Additional Information

George MacDonald’s Websites:

• My Blog

George MacDonald’s Interests:

autos, mobile devices, games, media, consumer electronics, technology, writing

George MacDonald’s Groups:

SDForum member

•    Yahoo!
•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
•    Internet Product Management Group
•    Semantic Marketing
•    Role Playing Game Designers
•    Accolade Alumni

George MacDonald’s Honors:

Academy of Adventure Game Arts & Design Hall of Fame