Jason McDonald (he/him) leads a public sector technical team supporting Adobe and Red Hat technical enablement and consulting delivery. Prior to that role, Jason supported the Department of Defense as a Red Hat Solutions Specialist, earning a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Technology. Prior to joining Emergent, Jason worked with Citi as a Team and Project Lead, selecting vendors to support the Department of Defense Government Travel Card (GTC).

Jason has volunteered on a number of technical product and real estate boards, and has been an avid volunteer with Citi during their Global Volunteer Days, started their Veterans chapter, founded the Coastal Virginia Open Source (CVOS) professional association, serves on the Project Committee of Downtown 100, a young professionals group in Norfolk, has captained and co-captained a number of Stonewall Sports teams, and has volunteered for Hampton Roads Pride in various capacities. Jason also serves on the Mythics and Emergent Values and Culture Committee ERGs as their Pride liaison and Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Lead.

Jason serves on the Hampton Roads Pride board supporting their Communications and Partnership Committees.