Partner
Bradden Blair
Managing Partner, Quansight Initiate
- Firm
- Quansight Initiate
- Title
- Managing Partner
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Bradden Blair brings to Quansight Initiate a successful track record of incubating and leading organizations using OSS. Technology innovation has been a key ingredient of Bradden’s success over the past 15+ years. His ability to identify new markets and help organizations grow by leveraging open source technology has directly contributed to the acquisition, merger and/or sale of several companies. Most recently, Bradden was a Professor of Operations and Information Systems and Director of the MS in Information Systems (MSIS) and MS in Business Analytics (MSBA) programs at the University of Utah. While at the University of Utah, he simultaneously built and sold two companies engaged in e-commerce rollups. Prior to joining the University of Utah, Bradden orchestrated the successful expansion of a 20-year-old education business from live seminars to online using open source technology. These efforts contributed to the acquisition of the company in 2010.
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