Donald McKendrick

Donald McKendrick possesses a diverse background in software engineering and technology leadership, with current positions as an Amid Fellow at Amid Labs and Director of Technology at Closegap, alongside ownership of Derivative Daydream Machine, focusing on educational video games. Previous experience includes serving as a Senior Software Engineer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where development work centered on Ruby on Rails and React, and as a Software Engineer at One Medical, utilizing machine learning for data interoperability. Donald also co-founded Quill.org, significantly scaling the user base, and held leadership roles at various tech companies, including Search The Sales, Float, and Explore Learning. McKendrick's academic foundation includes a Master of Chemistry from Heriot-Watt University.