Brian C. Kelley

Chief Technology Officer & Founder, ReputationDefender

A widely experienced Information Technology executive, Mr. Brian Kelley brings a decade of experience in complex problem solving and creative design to his current role as the Chief Technology Officer of ReputationDefender, the world’s foremost Online Reputation Management firm. In this position since 2006, Brian Kelley heads all of ReputationDefender’s technology projects and manages the company’s internal technology design and development team. Before joining ReputationDefender, Brian Kelley leveraged his extensive experience in user design and engineering as the Chief Technology Officer of The Academic Approach, based in Chicago, Illinois. In this role, Brian Kelley partnered with the company’s other lead executives on the creation and execution of innovative software-based educational courses for corporate training and standardized test prep. Brian Kelley served as CTO of The Academic Approach from 2006 to 2008. Prior to his work with The Academic Approach, Brian Kelley focused on the development of bid/ask trading systems, multi-attribute auction engines, and online complex financial models as the CTO of TicketReserve. Brian Kelley managed similar responsibilities as the User Interface Developer/Client Implementation Manager of TruExchange in Lexington, Massachusetts. While at TruExchange, Brian Kelley formed a longstanding relationship with entrepreneur Michael Fertik, with whom he would later co-found ReputationDefender. Outside of his professional life, Brian Kelley enjoys car racing and has participated in the famous Gumball 3000 Rally twice. In Brian’s first Gumball 3000 Rally in 2003, he raced his 2000 Audi S4 from San Francisco to Miami. In the 2004 Gumball Rally, Brian raced a Ferrari 355 Spider from Paris to Cannes, eventually ending up at the Cannes Film Festival. Brian Kelley is a graduate of Skidmore College, where he double majored in Computer Science and Music, with an emphasis on Jazz Guitar.