Bryan Macdonald

BIO

MacDonald brings deep industry and operational expertise, a proven track record of leading highly scalable education technology companies and a passion for delightful products to his role as SchoolMint’s new CEO. He comes to SchoolMint following a 2-year position at Illuminate Education, where he led Product, R&D, and Strategy. During his tenure at Illuminate, MacDonald helped the company triple in size through both organic growth and acquisitions. MacDonald has been a successful leader of organizations during times of significant evolution and growth. He began his career as a teacher and then became a district technology leader before joining PowerSchool as one of its first 30 employees. He helped steer PowerSchool’s growth from startup to industry SIS leader during its time as a division of Apple and later Pearson. MacDonald served as PowerSchool’s Managing Director in the years progressing up to its sale to Vista Equity. He was on the Board of Safari Books Online, also helping that business double in size.