Brad Durkin
Founder @ HeadstoneHub
Brad is an experienced Product Designer and U.S. Marine. He grew up in Andover and enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17 as a rifleman. After shipping off to Parris Island and serving in Afghanistan, Brad went to Umass, and started his career with his brother, Ryan, at CampusLIVE/Dailybreak. He was integral in the company’s first venture raise from Highland and CRV. He then moved on to cofound ClearView Digital, a development shop in Boston. Post-acquisition by ExtensionEngine, he moved on to SessionM (acquired by Mastercard) to lead their Product Design team. Later, Brad moved to Wayfair as a Senior Product Design Manager/Lead where he created two new businesses within the company. First, he led the team that created Wayfair Design Services, which allows customers to work online with an interior designer to curate a shopping list for a room they’ll love. He also led the team that created and launched Wayfair Home Services, which enables customers access to have assembly services provided by Wayfair Pros. In 2018, he joined Chewy, leading projects across eCommerce, Chewy Health, and New Verticals. Today, Brad is the Head of Design at Perch. He also founded HeadstoneHub to provide transparency into the headstone industry… which let’s admit… is a total mess.
At the moment, he’s living north of Boston. He spends his weekends designing, drinking coffee, hiking, and being outside with his wife, rescue dog, and daughter Leona.