Ed Donner is the co-founder and chief executive officer at untapt, a talent marketplace that uses proprietary artificial intelligence to connect leading global FinTech and financial services firms with highly-skilled engineers and technology professionals. Ed’s interest in software and technology led him down the path of becoming a developer and leader within the category. His successful career spanned 18 years and across three continents. During his tenure, Ed worked for leading corporations in major business hubs around the world including New York, London, and Tokyo. During his career, Ed has working with Fortune 500 businesses as well as startups. Prior to launching untapt, Ed served as a Managing Director on JPMorgan’s global technology team. In his role, he was responsible for hiring technology talent to grow his team and found it challenging to both find and hire talented, high-caliber developers. It was here that Ed came up with the idea of creating a platform that would give the FinTech industry a better system to recruit the right type of professionals from a pool of the top echelon of candidates. From his own experience, came the need for transforming the FinTech hiring process, for both businesses and candidates. The solution that the FinTech industry strived for became available in 2015 and was aptly named, untapt.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Reed Hastings – Netflix CEO
When business started difficulties overcame:
“All around raising capital, it was something that was new to me; it was something that was a new experience, during my 6 months break that I took before I actually launched Untapped I spent time presenting the untapped story to colleagues, to friends. I used that as a way of honing my skills but I think that was the biggest challenge”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future Hardcover Book by Kevin KellyFavourite Quote:
“We are stubborn on vision, we are flexible on details” Jeff Bezos
Recommended Online Resources:
More About Ed Donner:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Be bold and never feel shy to consult people. You may appear like a stupid person for a few minutes if you ask questions; but you are likely to be a fool forever if you don’t ask at all.” Israelmore Ayivor
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ed Donner:
- “If you’re not really excited about what you’re doing, not every day is going to be great, there’s always going to be a rollercoaster, you’ll have good days and bad days but as long as in general you’re really passionate and excited about what you’re doing then that’s terrific”
- “To double the business is really about sales”
Subscribe to the The Entrepreneur Way
Leave a Reply