Datalogics
Kevin McNeill started their work experience in 1993 as a Scuba Dive Instructor for the Professional Association of Diving Instructors in Egypt. Kevin then worked as an IT Consultant for Software Labs from 1994 to 1995 and as a Consultant for Comset LaserTech from 1994 to 1996. In 1995, Kevin became an IT Consultant for Kemper Insurance.
In 1996, Kevin became the CEO of Datalogics, a software and cloud services company specializing in enterprise PDF technology and document transformation solutions. Kevin remained in this role until the present.
In 2015, Kevin founded Bluesky Capital LLC, and in 2017, they founded Lionshead Capital LLC, both of which provide financial services related to real estate.
Most recently, in 2019, Kevin founded Northwoods Investment Trust, which offers short-term funding for real estate investors with distressed properties.
Kevin McNeill earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from UC San Diego, which they completed from 1986 to 1990. Kevin then pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Business from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, completing it between 1996 and 1998. In addition to their formal education, Kevin obtained a certification in Agile Product Management from 280Group. The specific details regarding the month and year of obtaining this certification are not provided.
Datalogics
Datalogics was founded in 1967 in Chicago. They started early in the “document technology” business, developing one of the first computerized typesetting systems, and building editing workstations and software to drive them (ask us what “working under DURESS” really means).In the early 80’s they participated in the ISO committee to standardizeSGML, the forerunner of XML and HTML, and applied this knowledge in developing their DL Pager and DL Composer publishing systems.In 1993 Datalogics was purchased by Frame Technology Corporation; and two years later Frame was purchased by Adobe Systems. Shortly thereafter, Adobe spun us back off as a privately-held independent company, retaining partial interest as an Adobe Ventures Company. Since 1998 they have been working with Adobe, acting as the key channel for several of their PDF toolkits including the Adobe PDF Library, Adobe Normalizer, Adobe PDF Print Engine, Adobe InDesign Server and the Adobe Reader Mobile SDK.Today their business focuses on providing these technologies to software developers and enabling them to bring their products to market faster and with superior eBook and PDF capabilities. From their downtown offices in the West Loop, they support hundreds of customers worldwide who are using their technology in diverse mission-critical applications.Over the past forty years, technology has changed dramatically, but their core values haven’t: they remain deeply committed to supporting their customers and staying technically-focused to provide them the best possible products and services.