Melissa Gratias, Ph.D.
Melissa Gratias is a productivity expert who has dedicated her career to helping people improve their time management skills. She studied at Wake Forest University and Virginia Tech, earning a B.S. and Ph.D. respectively. Gratias has a diverse range of experience having worked as an Owner and Principal at Progress Not Perfection, LLC, Productivity Partner at Sandler Training, and Owner & Principal Consultant at MBG Organizing Solutions. She has also held positions such as Sr. Manager - People Technology and Service Delivery at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Visiting Assistant Professor / Lecturer at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Recruitment and Retention Director at Protective Life Corporation. Gratias believes that productivity is a skillset that anyone can learn, and she offers coaching, speaking, training, and writing to help people gain control of their time, tasks, email, processes, and technology.