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Brian Kelley

Executive Product Leader specializing in EdTech, SaaS, and AI

FreelanceUC Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA11 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Product leader with deep edtech experience who helped take Honor Education from an incomplete early product at zero users/zero revenue to general availability and a $38M Series A. Combines zero-to-one product building, AI feature delivery, LMS integration strategy, and team leadership, with a clear philosophy around human-centered AI that supports educators and learners rather than replacing them.

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Key Strengths

  • Led Honor Education from zero users and zero revenue to a $38M Series A
  • Built and launched an online learning platform end-to-end
  • Strong zero-to-one and early-stage product leadership
  • Deep edtech and LMS integration expertise
  • Pragmatic product strategy using LTI to reduce customer adoption friction
  • Shipped AI-powered course impact assessment features
  • User-centered AI product judgment focused on learning outcomes over automation
  • Data-informed UX iteration that increased discussion engagement
  • Structured prioritization across now-next-later roadmap phases
  • Cross-functional alignment across engineering, design, sales, customer success, and leadership
  • Experience managing teams up to 12 people
  • Built and stabilized fragmented analytics, data engineering, and CRM teams

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Experience

Product ConsultantFreelance · Sep 2025 – Presentfreelance
InstructorSynergy Language Academy · Dec 2025 – Presentpart-time
VP, Product /Head of ProductHonor Education · Sep 2022 – Sep 2025
VP, Product DevelopmentNoodle · Oct 2021 – Sep 2022
Director of Product DevelopmentNoodle · Nov 2020 – Oct 2021
Ops Director, TechnologyHotChalk · Jan 2020 – Nov 2020
Director, University PartnershipsHotChalk · May 2018 – Jan 2020
Ops Manager, TechnologyHotChalk · Dec 2014 – May 2018

Education

UC Santa Cruzbachelor, Legal Studies/Politics (2010)

Awards

  • Honors - University of California, Santa Cruz

Languages

English

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Brian KelleyExecutive Product Leader specializing in EdTech, SaaS, and AI