Isaac Donnelly
FounderFounder at Cherry Recommends
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
FoundedCherry Recommends · YC
About
Isaac Donnelly held the Director of AI role at Optus, a major Australian telecommunications company, and previously worked as a project manager at McKinsey. He earned a PhD in mathematics and was a Fulbright Scholar.
Founder at Cherry RecommendsYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Isaac went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Isaac can intro founders to Cherry Recommends's investors below.
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Co-founders at Cherry Recommends
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Rian FinneganFounder
Experience
- OptusGeneral Manager of Intelligent Contactscurrent2025 — present
- OptusSenior Director, AI2024 — 2025
- OpenGeneral Manager, Product and Platform2022 — 2024
- Cherry RecommendsCEO, AI Director, and Co-founder2020 — 2022Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- McKinsey & CompanyEngagement Manager2016 — 2019
- Network Science InsituteFulbright Scholar2015 — 2016Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- UNSW School of PsychologyResearch Assistant2012 — 2015
- UNSW School of Mathematics and StatisticsStatistics tutor2013 — 2014
- Australian Center for Commercial MathematicsResearch Consultant2012
Skills & more
communicationLeadershipManagementProblem SolvingAnalysis1Operating SystemsArtificial Intelligence (AI)2Product Leadership2Product Management1Product StrategyCapability DevelopmentFinancial Services
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Software DevelopmentOperating ModelsPricing StrategyInsuranceData AnalyticsSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Stochastic ProcessesNonlinear DynamicsBusiness StrategyStatisticsResearchApplied MathematicsLanguages English · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Isaac Donnelly?
- Isaac Donnelly held the Director of AI role at Optus, a major Australian telecommunications company, and previously worked as a project manager at McKinsey. He earned a PhD in mathematics and was a Fulbright Scholar.
- Where does Isaac Donnelly work?
- Isaac Donnelly is Founder of Cherry Recommends.
- What companies did Isaac Donnelly found?
- Isaac Donnelly founded Cherry Recommends.
- Where did Isaac Donnelly go to school?
- Isaac Donnelly studied at UNSW (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics); Northeastern University (2015 Australian Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar, Control theory for large networks); UNSW (Bachelor’s Degree, Advanced Mathematics).
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