Tadd Giles

About Tadd Giles

Engineering and product development executive with deep technical roots and a record of scaling SaaS platforms. Skilled at building high-performing teams, driving cloud and compliance transformations, and integrating AI into products and workflows. Known for hands-on leadership and customer-focused innovation.

Experience

1. CTO

   Kuali, Inc.

   Jan 2021 — Present · Lehi, UT, US

   Released the company’s first AI-powered product features, positioning Kuali as an innovationleader in higher-ed SaaS, and guided the engineering org in adopting AI tools such as Cursor andClaude Code. Led migration of legacy products onto a unified modern platform codebase, enabling scalability and faster feature delivery. Built and managed a cross-disciplinary organization of engineers, product managers, and designers, with multiple distributed senior teams. Expanded and administered SOC and HIPAA compliance programs to meet enterprise-grade security and privacy requirements. Established a product development practice centered on customer delight, engineeringaccountability, and operational excellence.

Education

• Brigham Young University

  B.A., History

• Penn State University

  M.B.A., Finance

Skills

• Software Development
• User-Centered Design
• Xml
• Web Design
• Program Management
• Css
• Web Development
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• Product Management
• Wordpress
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Project Management
• User Interface Design
• Interaction Design
• Front-End
• User Experience
• Html
• Css3
• Html5
• Usability
• Saas
• Product Development
• Usability Testing
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Mobile Applications