Shawn McDonald

Shawn McDonald is a Strategic Go-To-Market Business Development Leader for the Google Cloud Partner Ecosystem at Google.3 He has been in this role for approximately 853 days as of February 2025.3

Prior to his current position at Google, Shawn had a diverse career spanning various industries:

1. He worked at Nike as the Business Affairs Director for North America Sports Marketing, where he negotiated major deals with sports organizations like MLBPA, NFLPA, MLB, NFL, and NCAA.1

2. Shawn has a background in law, having graduated from Harvard Law School.1 He started his legal career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.1

3. He also has experience in the entertainment industry, having founded and served as CEO of BBM Entertainment LLC from January 2008 to July 2011.2

4. More recently, Shawn worked at the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) as Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs.12

Shawn's educational background includes:

• Undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where he also played football for a couple of years1
• Law degree from Harvard Law School1

Shawn is known for his expertise in strategic planning, solution sales, emerging technologies, cloud computing, web applications, enterprise software, solution development, analytics, SaaS, and open source business models.

His LinkedIn username is shawnmcdonald, as mentioned in the query.2