Ward Kelly

Ward Kelly has over 20 years of experience in sales and leadership roles in various companies. Ward started their career at SAP as a Global Account Executive, where they worked for eight years. Following that, they served as an Application Sales Manager at Oracle Corporation before joining RapidDecision as a Senior Account Executive. Ward then became the Key Account Director at Reflektion, where they worked for two years. Later, they joined Hitachi Consulting as a Regional Sales Director, responsible for engagements involving SAP license resale, consulting services, and managed cloud sales. Ward defined value propositions for Industry 4.0 transformations using SAP and Hitachi technologies. In 2018, they joined SAP as a Senior Account Executive, focusing on SAP Sales Cloud. Ward then moved to Infor as a Senior Account Executive before joining Basis Technologies as a Client Director in 2023. Throughout their career, Ward has demonstrated their expertise in sales, account management, and leadership roles.

Ward Kelly holds a Certificate in Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy from MIT Sloan School of Management, which they obtained from 2017 to 2018. Before that, from 1992 to 1996, Ward obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Mathematics from the University of Wyoming. Prior to their time at the University of Wyoming, they attended the University of California, Berkeley from 1989 to 1992, where they studied Biology/Biological Sciences in the College of Natural Resources. Additionally, Ward has obtained certifications such as the NAUI Open Water II SCUBA DIVER from NAUI Worldwide in May 1992 and the FCC License- Amateur (ham radio) from ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio in September 2016.