Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
- Past
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- CEO at Circos.com, Inc.
- Dad at Company TBD in 06 or maybe 07 (Self-employed)
- EVP & GM at Inforte Corp.
- Chairman and CEO at COMPENDIT, Inc.
- Director New Dimension Technology (last position held) at SAP America
- Education
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- St. Joseph's College
- Connections
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377
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Kevin McDonald’s Summary
Bio from Inforte website:
As Executive Vice President and General Manager, Kevin McDonald is responsible for leading Inforte's SAP Practice. A recognized authority in business intelligence, he built the teams that led numerous successful multi-million dollar strategy and business intelligence engagements for Global 1000 companies, including NASA, Cadbury-Schweppes and Volkswagen Financial Services AG.
Kevin is the co-author of Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse, a book that illustrates the options available in SAP BW and helps companies explore new ways to drive business performance. He also has authored numerous articles about the SAP Business Intelligence Solution for The Data Warehouse Institute, and has presented on business intelligence issues at various industry trade shows and conferences, including DCI's Data Warehouse World, HP World, ERP World, TDWI conferences, ASUG, SAP TechEd, Informix User Conference, Decision Processing 1999 and 2000, and Informatica World.
Prior to joining Inforte, he was co-founder and CEO of COMPENDIT, Inc., a consulting services firm that was acquired by Inforte in March, 2004. Under his leadership, privately held COMPENDIT has achieved significant revenue growth each year since its founding in 1999 and was named to Entrepreneur magazine's "Hot 100" list of America's fastest-growing new businesses. Kevin was a regional finalist for the 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Before co-founding COMPENDIT in 1999, Kevin was the Director of New Dimension Technology and a Corporate Spokesperson for SAP. During his tenure at SAP, he was the Program Manager during the successful market launch of the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) in the North American market and authored the SAP BW product map that was first used to define the scope and development direction for this software component.
Kevin graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Joseph's College. He lives in Woodside, California.
Kevin McDonald’s Specialties:
Started, grew, and sold professional services business to public company.
Business Intelligence, Business Analytics, SAP, Internet, Word of Mouth Marketing
Kevin McDonald’s Experience
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CEO
Circos.com, Inc.
(Internet industry)
January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Circos is a me-centric search™ engine that makes it quick and easy to find the answers you're looking for. When you search for something at Circos, you receive a personalized guide of trustworthy answers. Every result receives a letter grade for each of your personal search criteria. You can even validate each result with the actual customer opinions that made up the grade.
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Dad
Company TBD in 06 or maybe 07 (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Research industry)
April 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 9 months)
April 5th will be/was my last day at Inforte. I'll be taking 05 & 06 off to do some research on the next edition of my book and to investigate some software ideas. My primary responsibilities will be that of Dad.
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EVP & GM
Inforte Corp.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; inft; Management Consulting industry)
March 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 1 month)
As Executive Vice President and General Manager, Kevin McDonald is responsible for leading Inforte's SAP Practice. A recognized authority in business intelligence, he built the teams that led numerous successful multi-million dollar strategy and business intelligence engagements for Global 1000 companies, including NASA, Cadbury-Schweppes and Volkswagen Financial Services AG.
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Chairman and CEO
COMPENDIT, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1999 — March 2004 (5 years)
Co-founder of consulting services company COMPENDIT, Inc. Took 60k$ in start-up capital, grew company from 2 - 56 employees with international sub, and sold it to public company 5 years later for +13$ million. Company was named 2001 Hot 100 company by Entrepreneur Mag.
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Director New Dimension Technology (last position held)
SAP America
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1993 — 1999 (6 years)
Kevin McDonald’s Education
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St. Joseph's College
MS, Management, Marketing and Information Systems, 1987 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- NCAA Div 2 Basketball
Additional Information
Kevin McDonald’s Websites:
Kevin McDonald’s Interests:
Food, wine, travel, & puns.
Kevin McDonald’s Groups:
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Business Development Connect
Kevin McDonald’s Honors:
Entrepreneur of the year finalist - Illinois Region 2004
Hot 100 fastest growing new businesses 2001
Kevin McDonald’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
