# Barry Kelly

> Barry Kelly is a Boston-based software entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of Thought Industries, where he remains a board member. He co-authored The Customer Education Playbook with Daniel Quick and is now co-founder of Superdone, an AI project intelligence company. His work spans digital product strategy, external learning and customer education.

- **Role:** Co-Founder at Superdone; Co-Founder and Board Member at Thought Industries
- **Organizations:** Superdone, Thought Industries, America’s Test Kitchen
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Emerson College
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Thought Industries from 2013 to April 2024., Co-authored The Customer Education Playbook, published by Wiley in 2022., Led Thought Industries during its 2023 milestone of more than 21 million active learners.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2013** — Vice President of Technology and Product Development at America’s Test Kitchen.
- **2013** — Co-founded Thought Industries and became CEO.
- **2015** — Discussed publisher learning businesses with FIPP ahead of its Toronto World Congress.
- **2018** — Thought Industries entered the customer education market, according to Kelly’s later account.
- **2020** — Thought Industries released its research-based Customer Education Playbook framework.
- **2022** — Co-authored The Customer Education Playbook with Daniel Quick; discussed Helium at COGNITION22.
- **2023** — Marked Thought Industries’ tenth anniversary and its reported milestone of 21 million active learners.
- **2024-04-01** — Handed CEO role to Robin Wadsworth and moved to founder/board member role.
- **2025** — Co-founded Superdone and published its introductory essay on August 18.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Thought Industries from 2013 to April 2024.
- Co-authored The Customer Education Playbook, published by Wiley in 2022.
- Led Thought Industries during its 2023 milestone of more than 21 million active learners.
- Co-founded Superdone.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published an essay on project status reporting at Superdone on August 3.
- **2025-08** — Published Introducing Superdone, discussing family support and returning to an earlier co-founder partnership.
- **2024-04** — Moved from Thought Industries CEO to founder and board member.

## Links

- Website: https://superdone.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrykellykelly
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/bkellythought

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Last updated: 2026-10-12