Terence Donnelly

Current

Practice Leader, Telecom, Technology & Public Sector at Mandrake
Advisory Board Director at Rugman.com
Chief Executive Officer at China Opportunity Inc.

Board Director, Member, Audit Committee at Active Control Technology
Advisory Board Director at Manta Group
Advisory Board Director - Information Technology at University of Western Ontario - Ivey School of Business
Canadian Advisory Board Director at Right to Play Foundation
Executive Vice President, CIO & Chief Privacy Officer at Mandrake

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Past

Chairman at SilverBirch Studios
Board Director, Chair - Management Resources Committee at Atlantis Systems Corporation
Chief Talent Officer at Terranova Capital

Board Director - Advisory & Investor at Ovation Ticketing Inc.
Executive Vice President at wwwork!com Management Services Inc.
Chair, Membership Committee at SMART Toronto
Chair, Business Advisory Committee, Board Director at White Ribbon Campaign
Vice President, Sales at Chad Management Group
Vice President, General Manager at Network Management Group
Singer & Keyboard Player at Professional Musician (Self-employed)

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Education

Sask School of the Arts

Recommended

22 people have recommended Terence

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

Terence Donnelly’s Summary

Nearly two decades experience in executive search with tier one companies. Acted as both advisory and board director for a number of comanies. Facilitated venture capital investors with building executive teams, managed mergers & acquisitions, and have sat on numerous philanthropic and not for profit boards. Active investor and entrepreneur. I've conducted over 20000 in-person interviews in my career, and innumerable telephone interviews. Mandrake is the largest Canadian executive search firm, and has partners in over 60 countries.

Terence Donnelly’s Specialties:

Expert in executive search in Government, Technology, Telecom, Internet, E-Commerce, Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Communications, Professional Services, Aerospace, Defense.

Terence Donnelly’s Experience

Practice Leader, Telecom, Technology & Public Sector

Mandrake

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Advisory Board Director

Rugman.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Retail industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

Board member for one of the world's leading online retailers of handmade area rugs.
Chief Executive Officer

China Opportunity Inc.

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Investment Banking industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

China Opportunity is a shell company looking for a qualifying transaction (RTO) on the Toronto Venture Exchange.
Board Director, Member, Audit Committee

Active Control Technology

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; TSX-V:ACT; Wireless industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Independent Board Director, Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committees = governance, oversight, strategy and growth! ACT makes a patented wireless mesh network system used to provide communications and location based tracking for mines, building access, and personal security systems.
Advisory Board Director

Manta Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

Manta Group is a leading consulting firm specializing in IT Governance for enterprise organizations. Focus areas are portfolio management, risk management, and compliance. Specific areas include ITIL, COBIT, and SOX.
Advisory Board Director - Information Technology

University of Western Ontario - Ivey School of Business

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Advisory board member of the MBA - Information Technology program at Canada's premier business school.
Canadian Advisory Board Director

Right to Play Foundation

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Fund-Raising industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

Provide Strategic direction, advice and input to the Canadian fundraising and program activities for this global sport for development organization. One of the fastest growing and most successful organizations I've ever seen! This organization has grown from a start up to having over half a million children in its programs globally in less than a decade. Please donate at www.righttoplay.com.
Executive Vice President, CIO & Chief Privacy Officer

Mandrake

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

August 1992 — Present (17 years 5 months)

Lead the national technology and government practice areas, and am also CIO of both Mandrake and our related companies, NEXCareer and wwWork!com.

Also act as Managing Partner for the EIR Network, the premier source of interim executives for the emerging technologies sector.
Chairman

SilverBirch Studios

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

October 2008 — November 2008 (2 months)

Chairman of this publicly traded digital media and video game development company (TSX-V:SVB). Restructured the company, hired a new CEO, refocused the business on video games only, sold two divisions, and then stepped down to allow the company to get through a trough in financing and emerge at the right time as a focused MMOG publisher.
Board Director, Chair - Management Resources Committee

Atlantis Systems Corporation

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; AIQ-TSX; Defense & Space industry)

August 2004 — June 2008 (3 years 11 months)

Chairman of the Management Resources & Compensation committee of this simulation training & flight simulation company. Member of the executive committee of the board.
Chief Talent Officer

Terranova Capital

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

November 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 5 months)

Terranova Capital is a specialized venture capital and private equity firm focusing on early stage companies leveraged by technology. Clients include investment banking, new media, ecommerce, aerospace, telecom and technology firms. My role is to ensure the executive team is capable of achieving the business plan.
Board Director - Advisory & Investor

Ovation Ticketing Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

April 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 10 months)

Start up online ticketing company. Focusing on ground level ticketing for SMB venues and promoters.
Executive Vice President

wwwork!com Management Services Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2004 — February 2005 (1 year 2 months)

Lead the technology & telecom practice area for this leading edge staffing and recruiting firm.
Chair, Membership Committee

SMART Toronto

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 2000 — July 2003 (3 years 7 months)

Trade association for IT in Toronto, Ontario.
Chair, Business Advisory Committee, Board Director

White Ribbon Campaign

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 1993 — June 2000 (7 years 5 months)

co-authored the original business plan, and helped create the White Ribbon into a lasting symbol of the goal to eliminate violence against women.
Vice President, Sales

Chad Management Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

July 1990 — August 1992 (2 years 2 months)
Vice President, General Manager

Network Management Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

March 1988 — June 1990 (2 years 4 months)
Singer & Keyboard Player
Professional Musician (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

January 1982 — September 1987 (5 years 9 months)