Cameron McDonald

Commander
DISC Type : D

CTO at Selfwealth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Overview

Cameron McDonald is a technology executive and advisor with a track record as a CIO and CTO. He specializes in guiding organizations through digital transformation, leveraging his expertise in data, AI, and cloud strategy to support corporate goals. He holds executive program qualifications from Macquarie Business School.

Outside his corporate roles, Cameron demonstrates a strong entrepreneurial and creative drive. He co-founded and scaled a childrens apparel brand with global distribution and more recently developed his own markdown editor application, VibeMD, to address a personal workflow need.

He developed his own web application, VibeMD, to experiment with leveraging multiple AIs working together.

Personality Overview

Impact-Driven

Decisive

Strong-Willed

They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact.  They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

Topics They Care About

Generative AI
Actively experiments with and posts about using multiple LLMs and tools like Google's NotebookLM to enhance research and productivity.
Digital Transformation
His career is focused on leading large-scale transformation programs, including cloud adoption, data centre migration, and process automation to drive business growth.
Application Development
He recently built and launched his own markdown editor application, VibeMD, demonstrating hands-on technical and product development skills.

Media Appearances

Cameron has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2023 - 9-2025
CTO at Selfwealth
4-2016 - 9-2021
CIO (Head of Technology) at Helia
4-2012 - 3-2016
Director - Enterprise Excellence at Helia
6-2009 - 9-2011
Director - One Platform at Challenger Limited
11-2007 - 5-2009
Head of Challenger Broker Support Services at Challenger Limited

Education

2014 - 2014
Executive Program from Macquarie Business School
1998 - 1998
Executive Program from AGSM @ UNSW Business School

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Exp : 31 Location : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Job Level : Senior Designation : CTO at Selfwealth
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Insights For Selling To Cameron

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Cameron is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Cameron

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Cameron move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Cameron take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Cameron

Personality Compatibility


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