User:DonakeyEE

Ed Donakey is VP of Strategic Relations and Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer at FamilySearch International providing business and technology support to genealogical societies and the associated community. Concurrently serving as the Vice President of Development for FGS Ed is ultimately responsible for the Preserve the Pension fundraising efforts and also served as the National Conference Chair for the 2014 FGS Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Currently serving as the chairman of the board for Kids on The Move, Ed also sits or has sat on executive advisory boards at Dell, HP, Oracle, and Altiris. He is active in BSA, and is a guest lecturer at BYU and UVU. Prior to coming to FamilySearch, he was the founding CEO of Golder Melick Insurance Reserve and SVP at Agilix Labs, Caldera Systems, and The Bison Group. Earlier in his career he directed global operations, domestic and international marketing, BusDev, and M&amp;A. A happily married father of eight children, Ed has been elected six straight years to the v|Spring v100, recognizing the top 100 entrepreneurs in Utah. Ed’s undergraduate and graduate studies were in philosophy and political philosophy respectively at BYU.

In addition to LinkedIn and Facebook, Ed's email address is ed@familysearch.org and he can be reached at Twitter by following @Donakey.

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