Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith has a diverse work experience that includes roles such as Associate Director of Design at CivicActions, Senior UX Content Strategist at CivicActions, Senior Content Designer at Blackboard, Application Specialist at Blackboard Open LMS, K-12 Training Specialist at eInstruction by Turning Technologies, and French and English Teacher at Oakwood High School.

Kelly Smith has a Master's of Education degree in Curriculum, Technology, and Educational Reform from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which they obtained from 2007 to 2010. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Central College from 1998 to 2002, with a focus on French Language Teacher Education, English, and Spanish. In addition, they have a French Mastery degree from the University of Paris IV: Paris-La Sorbonne, which they obtained from 2000 to 2001.

Kelly Smith also holds several certifications. Kelly obtained certifications related to Scrum and Agile methodologies, including "Combining Scrum with Other Agile Methodologies," "Scrum Master Certification: Scaling Agile and the Team-of-Teams," "Scrum Master Certified (SMC) Specialization," and "Scrum Master Certification: Scrum Methodologies" from Coursera in June 2023 and May 2023, respectively. Kelly completed "Introduction to Scrum Master Training" on Coursera in April 2023. Additionally, they have obtained other certifications such as the "edX Verified Certificate for Introduction to Web Accessibility" from edX in February 2023 and the "edX Verified Certificate for Conquering Humor Fundamentals" from edX in January 2023. Kelly also holds a Scrum Master Certification from the Six Sigma Global Institute, obtained in April 2021. Furthermore, they have completed various online courses and obtained certifications in areas such as project management, hiring, team management, goal achievement, DevOps, and advanced and basic Scrum from platforms including Lynda.com and LinkedIn between 2018 and 2019.