Friday's Last Word: CloudOne CEO John McDonald

Friday's Last Word: CloudOne CEO John McDonald — Who exactly is he?

CloudOne CEO John McDonald became the top dog at the Indianapolis, Indiana-based cloud applications company in April 2010. Cloud One provides cloud apps for companies and converts their IBM software into customized, on-demand SaaS Services. McDonald was a technical sales executive at IBM for over 20 years.

What are his plans for CloudOne?

"We’re working on helping our customers fully enter the marketplace for the Internet of things, which involves filling in some of our technology, building new marketing campaigns, and helping them pull together different elements of their factory, development and device telemetry capabilities," he says.

Who does McDonald challenge to sit in the hot seat?

Todd Greene at PubNub.

What is "Friday's Last Word"?

Friday's Last Word welcomes cloud-centric CEOs who are willing to speak with Talkin' Cloud without someone peeking over a shoulder. Click on each photo to learn more about the CEO you're viewing — it's that simple.

Think you can handle sitting in the hot seat? Send an email to Talkin' Cloud Senior Editor CJ Arlotta at cj.arlotta [at] penton.com for further information. If he doesn't get back to you right away, bother him some more — and more.

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