Ája Hardy

Determination, Insight, Curiosity, Engagement  

Ája Hardy has over a decade of experience in business & product development, strategy & operations and Big 4 C-Suite facing consulting in the medical, consumer products, technology, e-commerce, and public sector industries. Her go-to-market expertise resulted in the development of several new ventures and leading those teams while employed at top organizations such as Abbott Laboratories- Human Genome Project and Leapfrog Patient Safety Council, Cerner- Cerner Math Inc. (Analytics) and Healthe, Deloitte- Value-Based Care Practice and ConvergeHealth, and Huron- Strategy Practice. As the first FUSE Executive Fellow in Cleveland, she developed public/private partnerships with Google, Kiva, and Square before currently leading the gold-ranked venture accelerator gener8tor in the Cleveland area (Sales, Marketing, Advisory, Event Planning). Ája has an MPH from Tulane School of Public Health, an MBA from UMKC Bloch School of Business and a BS from Xavier University.

Over 1000 views of published thought leadership with multiple publications. 
Kansas City 30 Under 30; Xavier Alumni 40 Under 40; General Assembly Expert Network; #IAMRemarkable Google Speaker and Grow with Google Partner

Architect and Commander. Connector and Maven. My mom says I am sweet! 

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." 
- John Quincy Adams