Meet Our Team
Our Team of Experts - a Valuable Extension of Your Team
Whether you need assistance with a single assignment or someone to manage all your usability engineering efforts, UserWise’s team of highly trained human factors experts stand ready to support your medical device and combination product development.
With diverse backgrounds in engineering and science, that include human factors, industrial, biomedical, psychology, and quality engineering, our team can rapidly onboard to your novel technology and company’s quality system to contribute valuable input to your program. UserWise human factors consultants have proven expertise in applying usability engineering best practices to medical devices and combination products across a wide range of medical disciplines and use environments.
We are pleased to announce the growth of our team with the addition of Harvey Medical! This collaboration will bring new perspectives and skills to the table, allowing us to enhance our offerings and provide even better service to our clients. We look forward to this new partnership and the exciting opportunities it will bring.
Kelley Kendle
CEO
Shannon Clark
Principal
Denise Forkey
Director, Human Factors
Leya Bergquist
Assoc. Director of HF
Wendy Sledge
Human Factors Specialist
Kaivon Assani
Sr. HF Engineer
Miles Buroker
Human Factors Engineer
Shrikar Tatapudi
Human Factors Engineer
Riley Doherty
Human Factors Engineer
Annie Sawyer
Human Factors Engineer
Alden Esguerra
Human Factors Engineer
Uyen Bui
Human Factors Engineer
Isha Dusseau
Human Factors Engineer
Kristen Brown
Human Factors Engineer
Yvette Apatiga
Human Factors Engineer
Dawson Ohligschlager
Human Factors Engineer
Rob Laclair
VP of Finance
Loryn Beamesderfer
Business Finance Analyst
Susy Jimenez
HR Associate
Sean Corona
Facilitation Lead
Trevor Nicholson
Recruitment Associate
Julie Myers
Recruitment Associate
Chris Jakubowski
Digital Marketing Associate
Keiko Sledge
Marketing Assistant
April Fitz
Administrative Assistant
Our Leadership
Kelley Kendle
CEOEducation: BS in Finance & Operations Management, University of Delaware
Experience: Kelley has over 20 years in growth-oriented leadership roles within the life sciences, medical device, and medical technology markets. Previously, Kelley held a number of leadership roles at Certara (NASDAQ: CERT), focusing on technology and tech-enabled services for the life sciences industry. Key roles included Chief Strategy Officer of Certara, and President and CEO of Synchrogenix, a Certara company. Recently, Kelley served as interim CEO of a medical device-focused Clinical Research Organization where she strategically expanded to the US market through partnerships and expansion of regulatory capabilities.
Kelley’s expertise and core competencies includes strategic planning, M&A, leadership development, business development, vendor partnerships, contracts, development of KPIs, organizational transformation, technology innovation, and regulatory compliance.
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