Alumni Speaker Series: Internet of Things

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 12:00pm

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 12:00pm

The Purdue Technology Alumni Speaker series is a forum created for Purdue Technology Alumni to hear presentations, panel discussions and conversations for other alumni or current Purdue Polytechnic faculty. The topics for these forums are meant to be of broad interest to the entire Purdue Technology alumni base and will include topics that cover the spectrum from technology overviews (ex. Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence) to career-focused topics (ex. Entrepreneurship, Change Management).

John McDonald

Theme: Internet of Things

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
12:00 p.m. EST

John McDonald is CEO of ClearObject, Indiana’s leading Internet of Things Systems Integrator. He is a founder and board member of the Indiana Technology & Innovation Association, chairman of the Technology & Innovation Committee of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, a board member of TechPoint, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indiana India Business Council, and the Social Enterprise Alliance. Additionally, he is a member of the IBM PartnerWorld Global Business Partner Advisory Council, the advisory council for Hamilton Southeastern Schools, the Workforce Alignment council of Ivy Tech Community College, and the Dean's Council for the Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University.

McDonald serves as a lay minister and member of the contemporary worship band at his church, is the author of the IoT book Where IoT Is Made as well as two history books about Indiana, Lost Indianapolis and Flame Out. Residing in Fishers, Ind. with his wife and three children, McDonald enjoys photography, cooking and running in his spare time.

ClearObject is an IoT Systems Integrator helping the world’s best companies connect their bold ideas to the Internet of Things (IoT). As Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing IT Services company in Indiana and Deloitte’s Fast 500 in Technology, we bring our years of experience, our team of experts and our coalition of leading partners together to make your IoT solutions a reality. www.clearobject.com