Ian McDonald

Director - Cloud & Ai Solution Advisors @Microsoft

London, GB
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WORK HISTORY

Feb 2026 — Present

Director - Cloud & Ai Solution Advisors @Microsoft

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London, GB

Drive the adoption of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance customer solutions. • Lead a team of solution advisors to support customers, including AI startups, in the EMEA region. • Develop and mentor the sales team to meet a nine-figure sales target, fostering a high-performance culture.

EDUCATION

2005 — 2013

The University of Waikato

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science

1988 — 1991

The University of Waikato

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

SKILLS

Disaster RecoverySoftware Project ManagementSystem DeploymentVirtualizationItilIT OperationsVendor ManagementNetworkingHpSoftware DevelopmentSaasIT Service ManagementChange ManagementUnixCisco TechnologiesLeadershipIT OutsourcingGovernanceBusiness Process ImprovementService ManagementArchitecturePre-SalesInfrastructureCloud ComputingAgile MethodologiesEnterprise SoftwareEnterprise ArchitectureManagementManaged ServicesWeb ServicesIntegrationIT ManagementSolution ArchitectureService DeliveryBusiness AnalysisStrategyBusiness ContinuityVmwareAgile Project ManagementIT Strategy

ABOUT IAN MCDONALD

I have been leading from the front with the AI revolution – both working with the leading startups in the field, and getting solutions envisioned, designed and built for customers.I am a world class technologist who has been growing and transforming businesses that I have been leading. I blend a unique mixture of both the startup and the corporate world giving me the ability to build agile and scalable systems that remain secure, compliant and reliable.I have been recognised as a cloud visionary with a history of successful implementations and migrations on a global scale. My teams have built applications and systems that receive tens of billions of events per day and are used by hundreds of millions of users. I have had budgets of > £10 million and over 100 staff reporting into me.Have successfully lead sales functions with holding a nine-figure quota. Awarded outstanding leader in my sales division.

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