Shad Hardy

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Head of Experience and Design @ OneAZ Credit Union
Gilbert, AZ, US
Shad Hardy's Location
Gilbert, Arizona, United States, United States
About Shad Hardy

I took a leap from the technology world and became a solopreneur. I've partnered with a medical provider to create a forward-leaning health app, developed class-leading small businesses, and created an innovation startup methodology to vet ideas. Previously, I was a design leader recognized over 30 times for excellence in product design, development, and business strategy solutions delivery. I have excellent team leadership and management skills, as well as a track record of driving transformational user experiences across complex organizations, leveraging outside-the-box thinking with multi-faceted experiences.Leadership Philosophy-Lead with the customer in mind and empathy-Treat your people right- be a servant leader-Wow everyone with your work, not your attitude-Experience the experience

Shad Hardy's Current Company Details
OneAZ Credit Union

Oneaz Credit Union

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Head of Experience and Design
Gilbert, AZ, US
Shad Hardy Work Experience Details
  • Oneaz Credit Union
    Head Of Experience And Design
    Oneaz Credit Union
    Gilbert, Az, Us
  • Innovita Medical
    Chief Executive Officer- Founder
    Innovita Medical Jul 2024 - Present
    We are creating a user-centered experience—an app named VitaBia for health-forward individuals to be proactive and know their health. Innovita Med empowers your health journey by supporting an energetic, fulfilling life governed by gold-standard medical practices.-Founded VitaBia app, a health-focused technology, guiding it toward market leadership by collaborating with medical leaders to develop a comprehensive business and technology plan.-Using the SaaS model, a powerful, disruptive app will "put the power of your health into your hands".-Defining use cases.-Refining the product to market fit. -Raising funds to move the development of this world-changing system forward.-Building the dream team of technology and medical leaders who have been there and done that.
  • Wandering Bear Endeavors, Inc
    Chief Executive Officer
    Wandering Bear Endeavors, Inc Mar 2023 - Jun 2024
    Driven by a deep commitment to customer satisfaction, I created an innovative process to identify market needs and craft creative solutions. This approach has consistently led to successful initiatives that recognize and reward individual efforts.-Built Bubble Bucket Cleaning from the ground up, achieving over $15k in monthly revenue through strategic brand development, a user-friendly website, and automated lead generation.I drove $30k in monthly new sales for my franchise, Blue Kangaroo Packoutz, by building a scalable tech infrastructure that the franchisor adopted.-As a board member of 1of One Design, led marketing strategies that drove $200k in revenue growth in 2024.
  • Salesforce
    Senior Director Business Value Strategy
    Salesforce Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Expert in SaaS, Cloud Adoption, and Customer-Centric Innovation-Guided Fortune 100 executives and Government leaders in optimizing cloud adoption, contributing to $300M+ in annual software revenue through innovative Salesforce implementations.-Revitalized customer-centric strategies by modernizing roadmaps with comprehensive journey mapping.
  • General Dynamics Mission Systems
    Senior Director Of Product Experience
    General Dynamics Mission Systems Dec 2016 - Mar 2019
    Fairfax, Va, Us
    Leader in Customer Experience and Go-to-Market Strategy-Recruited by the Chief Technical Officer to leverage curiosity, inventive and design thinking, proposal authoring expertise, and product development successes for a new $1B financial cybersecurity product business.-Transitioned DoD cybersecurity tech to the Financial Market, generating $500M+ in new product revenue within the first year.-Led go-to-market strategies and coined the division's hallmark phrase, “Protecting the Nation’s Secrets”. -Owned the product experience and created the phrase “we protect the nation’s secrets,” becoming the vision for all financial security software products.-Expert voice of the customer enhancing the product design process tailoring previous Department of Defense cybersecurity IP for financial market products to ensure product success.-Transformed the Go-To-Market process for 3 new financial security products providing frictionless customer buying cycles that championed Marketing, Sales, and Product Development to launch.
  • General Dynamics Mission Systems
    Principal Manager User Experience + Design Strategy
    General Dynamics Mission Systems Mar 2009 - Dec 2017
    Fairfax, Va, Us
    -Leveraged human-centered design and UX strategies for design, research and testing on complex programs-Led a diverse team in delivering $240M in user experience work across 60+ programs.-Enhanced system ease-of-use in Afghanistan, extending a major contract by $3B.-Managed and mentored a global group of 20-30 UI designers, product designers, human researchers, developers, and engineers seeing high organizational growth over my tenure. -Authored internal project proposals, guided budgets, and demonstrated the usability benefits of solutions, strategically securing a place on programs with multimillion-dollar budgets.-Using market intelligence to deeply understand user challenges while leading Agile and Waterfall product design projects with 25 winning industry-leading and customer awards.-Created the first ruggedized wearable mobile device and customized Android OS UI for the US Military.-Customer selected to perform soldier heuristic evaluations in Afghanistan attributing to a $10B program extension with usability suggested improvements, design paradigm shifts, and interface modernizations.-Collaborated with cross-discipline teams to synthesize data on where UX can provide the most significant impact on a program and customer stakeholders. -Built and maintained a repeatable design process to deliver human research and product design projects on time and within budget within large, complex environments.
  • Rev Marketing And Design Llc
    Owner + Creative Solutions Provider
    Rev Marketing And Design Llc Nov 2008 - Mar 2009
    I launched the startup to help automotive industry stakeholders modernize digital workflows and maximize the value of complex design technology investments in Autodesk technologies, driving $60k in new revenue within the first 4 months.
  • Imaginit Technologies
    Director – North American Creative Sales And Services
    Imaginit Technologies Sep 2007 - Nov 2008
    Owings Mills, Md, Us
    I secured 10 new logos in the Aerospace, Industrial Equipment, and Luxury Yacht markets, resulting in $2M in renewals previously considered lost.
  • Autodesk(Formerly Alias)
    Global Automotive Consulting Lead
    Autodesk(Formerly Alias) Apr 2004 - Sep 2007
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    - Instrumental in driving $4M annual growth within the GM contract, leveraging new ease-of-use features based on research findings of 100+ automotive designers - Delivering a $2M training proposal to GM APAC-based supplier Pan Asian Technical Automotive Center (PATAC).- Gave creative direction and participated in creating presentation visuals and proposal graphic design
  • College For Creative Studies
    Adjunct Professor
    College For Creative Studies 2004 - 2006
    Detroit, Mi, Us
    Taught automotive visualization and computer-aided design surfacing
  • University Of Michigan
    Adjunct Professor
    University Of Michigan 2004 - 2004
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us
    - Created a unique and new curriculum- Became #1 rated professor in design school- Design CAID surfacing for product designers
  • The Underground World Corporation
    Automotive Design Lead/ Global Team Manager (Ford Motor Company)
    The Underground World Corporation 2002 - 2004
    At Ford Motor Company, I managed a global team of 20+ designers through skills assessments, performance management, mentoring, and coaching while at a top global startup while fostering HR best practices, hiring, benefits, and design process for the entire consulting team of 100 designers and 3D artists.At Ford Design;- I delivered the first digital asset directly from Design for manufacturing.- Provided the 3D model visualizations for the Bronco concept truck to the international auto show displays.
  • General Motors
    Automotive Design Lead
    General Motors Jan 1999 - Aug 2002
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    I led digital design initiatives for Cadillac, Pontiac, and Advanced Design Studio, co-designing the first Cadillac LeMans race car.- Lead digital designer in the Cadillac and Pontiac studios- With executive sponsorship created the first mentorship program for over 800 designers, globally- Hand-selected for design task force teams including a Cadillac electric car exploration team, recruiting lead, college mentorship program lead and others.
  • Arctic Cat
    Lead Product Manager
    Arctic Cat May 1997 - Nov 1998
    Us
    - In 6 months, I worked my way from an entry-level product designer to leading cross-functional product design efforts for recreational vehicles, including snowmobiles, ATVs, andwatercraft, from sketch to prototype through manufacturing- Designed the first snowmobile and motocross bike hybrid for the Arctic Cat snowmobile race team- Established the first design process that covered concept sketch to Pro- E to rapid prototype to engineering model through to graphic design and assembly line design quality and consumer feedback loops

Shad Hardy Education Details

  • Milwaukee Institute Of Art & Design
    Milwaukee Institute Of Art & Design
    Sculpture
  • University Of Phoenix
    University Of Phoenix
    Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management
  • University Of Phoenix
    University Of Phoenix
    Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

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Shad Hardy works for Oneaz Credit Union

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Shad Hardy's current role is Head of Experience and Design.

What schools did Shad Hardy attend?

Shad Hardy attended Milwaukee Institute Of Art & Design, University Of Phoenix, University Of Phoenix.

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