Brad R.
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AI, Product, & Operations Exec | 2x IPO | Startup Founder | BCG | JD/MBA
Studied at Chicago Booth
Works at Verdi
Hiring Manager
Not currently taking new clients
Brad’s Leadership Development Qualifications
Experience level: Executive
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
Seasoned entrepreneur, executive, and product leader with decades of experience coaching individuals and guiding organizations to make better decisions. Founded Verdi AI to guide creative exploration and decision-making for product orgs. Expertise grounded in product, strategy, and operations roles at Pluralsight, Instructure, and BCG. Academic foundation with JD/MBA from University of Chicago, and a bachelor's in Spanish Literature and Computer Science at the University of Utah. Track record of guiding leaders and organizations to strategic clarity, and first-principled decision-making.
Brad can help with:
Conflict Resolution
Change Management
Ethical Leadership
Diversity and Inclusion
Problem Solving
Emotional Intelligence
Coaching and Mentoring
Time Management
Innovation and Creativity
Brad also coaches for Product Operations, Product Management, and Artificial Intelligence. View all.
Work Experience
Board Observer
CAMPFIRE
May 2021 - Present
Campfire brings managers together to create human connections and improve their craft as leaders.
Co-founder & CEO
Verdi
April 2021 - Present
Hiring Manager
Verdi's platform helps fast-paced organizations accelerate the work of innovation. Verdi helps your teams discover clarity in the midst of complexity by creating options, testing assumptions, learning collectively from their experiments, and discovering solutions that delight your customers and put you ahead of your competition. Stop "aligning" your people "to" your strategy, and start "engaging" them "in" it.
Investor
Moises
March 2021 - Present
Investor
artifact
November 2018 - Present
Artifact is the leading, AI-powered customer insights engine, surfacing and curating patterns in your customer feedback from sources across your business.
SVP Strategy & Product Operations
Pluralsight
May 2019 - April 2021
Hiring Manager
Head of Experience Strategy
Pluralsight
December 2016 - May 2019
Hiring Manager
Lead a talented swat team of product / experience strategy leaders and data experts, helping Pluralsight's already bleeding-edge Product and Content teams deliver even more effective and awe-inspiring outcomes for our customers and their tech teams.
Product Marketing Director
Pluralsight
August 2016 - December 2016
Hiring Manager
Joined a truly incredible team of entrepreneurs, truth-seekers, and eternal optimists, on a mission to democratize technical learning Bringing to market exciting innovations in edtech, and world-class content by leading authors in their respective fields.
Senior Director, Product Management
Instructure
February 2014 - July 2016
Hiring Manager
Project Leader
Boston Consulting Group
September 2008 - February 2014
Hiring Manager
Education
Chicago Booth
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship and Managerial Behavior and Decision-making
2006 - 2008
University of Chicago Law School
JD, Law
2004 - 2008
University of Utah
BA, Spanish Literature
1999 - 2003
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