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Grady Kelly

Director Of Product Design at Aptive

Grady Kelly has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of product design and user experience. Grady has held various leadership roles in multiple companies, including Aptive Environmental, Made Usable, Zero To Ten, Impartner Software, MOKRs, Ancestry, Access Development, Healthicity, Ghostery Inc., and Workfront.

At Aptive Environmental, Grady is currently the Director of Product Design, where they lead a team of UX/UI designers in building innovative sales and operations management experiences. Grady collaborates with product and technology leaders to ensure that the UX vision for the company's products is understood and implemented effectively.

Prior to Aptive Environmental, Grady worked as the Senior Product Design Manager and Principal Designer at Made Usable, where they applied their UX and design skills to solve various problems for different organizations. Grady'swork spanned across financial systems, ad networks, e-commerce, translation, sales, fleet management, and geolocation services.

Grady also worked at Zero To Ten as the Director of Product Design and Principal Designer, focusing on designing web and mobile apps for coaching and leadership training. Grady was responsible for creating a process known as Self-Directed Performance Coaching.

During their tenure at Impartner Software, Grady served as a Senior Product Designer and was part of a small team that developed tools for vendors to manage their sales partnership relationships. The company was recognized as a leader in the Channel Sales Enablement category.

As the founder of MOKRs, Grady revolutionized how OKRs (Objective and Key Results) are created, tracked, and reported on. This platform helped companies establish their vision, mission, and OKRs to ensure they are working on the right initiatives.

Grady also worked for Ancestry as a Product/User Experience Designer on a contract basis, where they streamlined internal processes related to DNA kits. Grady took on additional responsibilities and built front-end components to ensure accurate implementation of the designs.

At Access Development, Grady held the position of Director of Product Design, leading a team in crafting travel experiences and discount perks programs for companies. Grady also served as the Director of Product Design at Healthicity, where they led a team in designing applications for medical coding, compliance, analytics, and auditing.

Grady's experience at Ghostery Inc. involved leading the first UX-centric team and designing their privacy plugin with over 50 million installs worldwide. Grady established and maintained a unified design system across applications.

Before Ghostery, Grady worked at Workfront as the Lead Senior User Experience Designer, where they led a team involved in the design of mobile and file management applications. Grady played a key role in designing the next-gen agile tools for the company.

Overall, Grady Kelly's work experience showcases their expertise in product design, user experience, and leadership roles in various industries and organizations.

Grady Kelly has a diverse educational background in various fields. In 1993-1994, they attended Mercer University, where they pursued a degree in Music Performance with a focus on the guitar. However, they were unable to complete the degree and left the university in 1994.

Grady Kelly's next educational endeavor was at Central Texas College from 2004 to 2005, where they studied Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement. While no specific degree is mentioned, it can be assumed that they completed coursework in this field.

From 2000 to 2027, Grady Kelly attended UX Road Scholar, specializing in Product, User Interface, Interaction, and User Experience Design. This long educational period suggests a comprehensive and in-depth program in UX/UI/IX Design, during which they likely earned a degree in this field.

In summary, Grady Kelly's educational history includes incomplete studies in Music Performance at Mercer University, coursework in Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement at Central Texas College, and a substantial period of study in Product, User Interface, Interaction, and User Experience Design at UX Road Scholar.

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Timeline

  • Director Of Product Design

    January, 2023 - present

  • Sr Product Design Manager Principal Designer

    March, 2022

  • Product Design Manager Principal Designer

    December, 2020

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