Julie Bradley

Yardi

By Leah Etling on May 1, 2012 in People

Julie Bradley is known for her efforts to deliver great customer service to her Yardi Voyager clients, who rave about her custom reports and willingness to go the extra mile.

But there are a lot of things they might not know about Julie – like her status as a member of MENSA, that she’s a math whiz who loves hard number puzzles, and that she named two of her three sons after Alice Cooper.

Oh, and she also collects whisks (that’s right, those things you use to beat an egg) and has a tattoo of a dragonfly on her ankle. Who said math majors are boring?

Julie worked for CTI for 11 years before coming on board with Yardi nearly two years ago. She’s a team lead for Client Services based in Dallas, Texas.

“I love the challenges and working with the data, and I love writing reports and getting in and looking at things behind the scenes to figure out problems” Julie told us. She also likes helping her clients with problem-solving and producing the results they are hoping for.

Julie holds a degree in mathematics from North Texas State University and has always loved the logical aspect of math with its absolute results. She loved logic puzzles as a kid and today can spend hours playing a game called Kakuro, a Japanese logic puzzle that’s considered the “mathematical transliteration of the crossword,” according to Wikipedia. Some of the puzzles can take days to solve.

Her MENSA status is directly tied to her love of math and puzzles as well.

“I wouldn’t say I’m an active member, but a few years ago I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could pass their test. The test consists of a lot of logic type questions, math problems, and they look at your IQ. I think stuff like that is fun,” Julie said.

Also fun is her collection of kitchen implements, whisks, which she started accumulating on a whim 10 years ago. Now she has more than 30, with creative designs, handles and colors all part of the collection. They’re all stashed in a drawer in her kitchen, but her hobby is known.

“I even have people I work with will see a whisk and think of me and buy it for me,” she said.

We’ve kept you reading in hopes of learning about why her sons are named for Alice Cooper, haven’t we? OK, here’s the story. In her head-banging and heavy metal loving younger years, Julie went to an Alice Cooper concert, where she met the father of her three sons.

The oldest is named Vincent Damon (Alice Cooper’s real name is Vincent Damon Furnier) and the second is named Cooper. The third, Julian, is named after his mom. But if he’d been a girl? Yes, quite possible that her name might have been Alice, Julie admits. She enjoys going to movies with her sons, and seeing live music performances, in her free time.

Learn more about Julie:

What is your favorite book of all time and (optional: why)?

Angela’s Ashes

What kinds of food do you like? 

Anything spicy!

What do you like best about your job? 

Problem-solving! 

If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or historical, who would it be? 

Joaquin Phoenix

What do you want to be when you grow up? 

A crime lab technician

Do you speak any other languages, and which ones?

Igpay Atinlay

What are some things on your bucket list?

Live in a downtown loft apartment, travel to Australia, take snowboarding lessons, learn an Asian language, ride the Haleakala sunrise bike tour.

What athlete or sports figure do you most admire? 

Troy Aikman

If you could have a super power, what would it be? 

The ability to stop time

What’s something about you that few people know? 

I have never seen a James Bond movie.