Jeff Kelly

Biography

I am originally from Denver but have lived in several places during my lifetime. I studied finance and management at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and I received my MBA from the Fuqua School at Duke University in North Carolina. I have also lived in Washington DC and spent three years in the Netherlands for an ex-pat assignment, but Pittsburgh has been home to me and my family for the past fifteen years. I was very fortunate to meet my wife during our first college class (Economics 101), and we are blessed with a two great kids, a daughter and a son. My career began in management consulting that included advising companies on how to adopt new technologies and channels to market, as well as conducting economic analysis for companies in a variety of industries. In 2003, I made the transition from management consulting to healthcare with Medrad, a medical device company based in Pittsburgh. Over the past fifteen years, the focus of my career has been to help healthcare organizations grow. I have held global roles in business development, marketing, sales management and product development with MEDRAD, Bayer Healthcare, Quest Diagnostics and Immunetrics. During this time, I have managed the launch of several medical device and diagnostic products in the U.S. and international markets. I joined Cadence in 2015 and continue to enjoy working in healthcare, knowing that the work that we do, and the devices that we manufacture, have a very profound impact on people’s lives. Something that not many people know about me… I was born in Heidelberg, Germany (my father was in the military). My time living in Europe gave me the travel bug, so I love to explore new countries and cities. I enjoy watching football and college basketball when I am not playing sports (basketball and golf), or coaching or watching my kids (basketball, baseball and volleyball).

Research Interest

Finance and Management ,Accounting