Summary
Sean Grant is a data products leader and veteran who leverages 20+ years of IT and geospatial experience to build AI-driven analytics and knowledge-graph solutions for mobility and aerospace domains. As Director of Data Products at SAE International and co-founder of Ix Tech, he bridges product strategy, cloud-native engineering (Databricks, Neo4j) and hands-on data science to drive AI adoption across organizations. His background spans geospatial intelligence in the USMC, delivering DoD contracts and commercial drone/autonomy products, and pioneering GeoAI initiatives at Esri that automated costly manual workflows. He pairs executive-level product and advisory roles (Harvard, MIT, HBR, MIT Technology Review) with practical delivery: prototypes that resolved data lineage, mission planners integrating MAVLINK, and cross-functional teams shipping complex systems. Known for advocating open standards and collaborative empowerment, he combines practitioner grit with formal training in AI and product analytics.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Business/Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Business/Information Systems at University of Phoenix
Certificate Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy, Certificate Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy at MIT Sloan School of Management
Graduate Certificate Business Analytics, Graduate Certificate Business Analytics at Harvard Business Analytics Program
Certificate Digital Product Management , Certificate Digital Product Management at University of Virginia Darden School of Business