Guy Kelsey

Current

Executive Vice President, Product Development at VendAsta Technologies Inc.

Past

CatUsed.com Product Manager at Point2 Technologies, Saskatoon
Project manager at Hamilton Myridadgate
Self-employed at Guy Kelsey - consultant (Self-employed)

Software developer at Morris Industries
Controller at Ag Line International

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Guy Kelsey’s Summary

20 years of experience in software, business consulting, e-commerce and the Web.

Ag and Industrial sector specific experience.

Guy Kelsey’s Specialties:

UI design and User Experience engineering (Usability)
Requirements gathering
Business analysis
Process improvement
Software estimation
Hiring and managerial functions including business strategy
Database design
Product line management
Six Sigma efforts
Project management
Web site design and search engine optimization (SEO)
Internationalization and Globalization

Guy Kelsey’s Experience

Executive Vice President, Product Development

VendAsta Technologies Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

Guy is one of the founding group and is an Executive Vice President, managing client relationships and responsbile for product development efforts.
CatUsed.com Product Manager

Point2 Technologies, Saskatoon

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2002 — January 2008 (5 years 8 months)

Guy managed the very successful CatUsed.com product development effort at Point2 since 2002 . He was initially brought in to fulfill a project management role and quickly became responsible for the internal management of the Caterpillar relationship.

Supervised a team of from 10 to 25.

Liaison with various stakeholders at Caterpillar, performed business analysis, requirements gathering, design and research roles.

With Caterpillar Product Management, helped set direction of the CatUsed.com software suite.

Introduced best practices in software development:
- Agile development using Lean principles
- Focus on user experience and QA
- Caterpillar Six Sigma processes
- Continuous Improvement and QA efforts
- Theory of Constraints Management
Project manager

Hamilton Myridadgate

(Computer Software industry)

1999 — June 2002 (3 years )
Self-employed
Guy Kelsey - consultant (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Computer Software industry)

1982 — 2000 (18 years )

Business system consulting, software product development, web site consulting and development, database designer, technical writer and editor.
Software developer

Morris Industries

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Machinery industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )

Developed automated sales tools for a mobile workforce for complex machine configuration and estimation.

IT advisor.

Produced product database and catolog.
Controller

Ag Line International

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Machinery industry)

1981 — 1985 (4 years )

Managed office and accounting in a family owned Agricultural Machinery Wholesale business servicing equipment dealers in Western Canada.