Summary
Jordan Mcdonald is an award-winning AI leader and CEO with 11 years of experience translating deep learning and generative AI advances into commercial impact across enterprise and public sectors. He has led and scaled AI capabilities at companies from Kainos and Allstate to Bazaarvoice and EY, delivering multi-million-dollar savings through production ML systems and shaping organisation-wide AI strategy. As founder of the AI NI community and a Belfast-based operator, he combines hands-on technical delivery with ecosystem-building, running IntrinsicAi as both a consultancy and launchpad for industry-specific SaaS. Known for moving projects from discovery to market validation, he pairs product-minded leadership with engineering rigor—establishing repeatable processes for opportunity qualification, knowledge sharing and cross-team collaboration. An early adopter of generative approaches, he has a track record of turning experimental AI research into award-winning, revenue-driving solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast