Dr. Kendall has 25+ years as a serial entrepreneur, engineer, and technology executive for venture-backed firms Aion, Traveling Software, Wall Data, VOIS, Enkata Technologies, and Transera Communications and publicly traded firms including Polycom, Cisco, Alcatel, and Xerox. Silicon Valley alumna for technology companies in software, hardware, and networking sectors. New venture incubation and acceleration through hyper-growth and pivoting stalled firms through major inflection points. Core areas of expertise include cloud applications, digital innovation models, analytics, agile/lean development, design thinking, leadership and culture, entrepreneurship, and large systems change.

Dr. Kendall has VP and senior leadership responsibilities for new product development, business operations, and cloud services. Executive leadership positions and co-founder for voice and video communications and contact center industry leaders. Executive and staff R&D and Marketing positions for networking and computer equipment public firms and venture-backed AI and data mining startups.

Dr. Kendall is currently senior lecturer at The Ohio State University and prior adjunct faculty role at Case Western Reserve University teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in quantitative methods, entrepreneurship, strategy applications, and leadership. Mixed methods researcher currently focused on the inter-disciplinary role of innovation behavior, specifically leadership dynamics in innovative cultures of digitally based organizations.

As Distinguished Fellow at the Weatherhead Fowler Center, Dr. Kendall led a team of researchers on behalf of the Goi Peace Foundation (United Nations NGO) to show performative shifts in the evolution from shareholder models towards becoming positive impact firms.