A recognized pioneer in Web Services and on-demand technologies, Patrick Grady has guided Rearden Commerce to a commanding leadership position as the world's fastest growing commerce platform for goods, services, and applications. With more than 1,800 customers spanning the Fortune 50 to small/medium enterprises, leading distribution partners like American Express Business Travel, and more than 137,000 merchants and third-party application providers, the company is fundamentally transforming the way individuals and businesses buy and sell goods and services online.
Patrick founded Rearden Commerce with a singular vision – to provide the world with an online personal assistant for work and life that makes people wonder how they ever lived without it. With a single login and password, the Rearden Personal Assistant helps people find what they need based on who they are, what they like, where they are, and the context of what they are doing.
In addition to serving as CEO, Patrick is Rearden Commerce's strategic architect, guiding the company's product and technology vision. As an evangelist for the Web's next generation, he is a sought after speaker with engagements including ACTE Executive Forum, AjaxWorld, AlwaysOn, Burton Catalyst, CSFB Disruptive Technology Conference, InfoWorld Symposium, Internet World, PC Forum, the PhoCusWright Executive Conference, Red Herring and Supernova.
Within the business-to-business market, he has been recognized by Business Travel News as one of the top 25 most influential people in the travel industry and by Supply & Demand Chain Magazine as one of the 2007 "Pros to Know".
In the broader Internet space, Fast Company magazine named Patrick to its "Fast 50", the people who will change how we work and live over the next ten years, and he has led Rearden Commerce to inclusion in Business 2.0 Magazine's 2007 Next Net 25.
Prior to founding Rearden Commerce, Patrick spent 10 years in various venture capital and leadership roles in the technology sector.
