Co-founder and CTO of Later.com, Ian MacKinnon (MMath ’08 and BMath ’06) is coming to Waterloo for an ask-me-anything fireside chat with students.
While a student at Waterloo, Ian was the President of the Graduate Student Association and a leader within MathSoc and Orientation. He was named recently by Business in Vancouver as a technology Top Forty under 40 winner. He fondly remembers his time at Waterloo and is coming back to campus to connect with you.
If you’ve wondered about the tech scene in Vancouver, had questions about starting your own business, or are grappling with whether graduate studies is for you, Ian’s been there!
Join us for complimentary lunch and a chance to ask Ian anything!
Ian
MacKinnon
is
the
Founder
and
CTO
of
Later.com.
Founded
in
2014,
Later was
started
at
a
hackathon
and
has
grown
to
become
the
leading
marketing
platform
for
Instagram
with
over
2,000,000
of
the
world’s
top
brands
and
agencies
as
clients,
including
YouTube,
NBC
News,
the
Wall
Street
Journal,
Rolling
Stone,
and
The
Financial
Times.
Later believes
that
social
media
has
become
a
visual
experience
and
it
has
designed
its
platform
to
help
visually
plan
and
schedule
media
content.
At
Later, Ian
is
responsible
for
leading
the
engineering
team
in
its
software
development
efforts
as
well
as
spearheading
its
machine
learning
initiatives.
Before
founding
Later,
Ian
was
involved
with
several
Vancouver
technology
startups
as
a
founder
or
early-stage
employee.
He
has
also
been
a
coding
instructor
for
a
learn-to-code
boot
camp
and
is
an
active
mentor
for
other
local
startups.
Ian
holds
a
master’s
in
computer
science
from
the
University
of
Waterloo.