Kirk Keller

About Kirk Keller

I help organizations connect strategy, technology, and operations in practical ways that make change measurable. Over the past two decades, I’ve worked in higher education, state government, and private industry to align technology with strategy and improve how teams plan, communicate, and deliver change.At Ellucian, I’ve been part of a broader effort to connect our products, capabilities, and client outcomes through a consistent enterprise architecture approach. I helped shape the structure of our enterprise architecture repository and contributed to developing repeatable methods that help teams map solutions to client needs—first in presales and later in implementation. Much of this work involves partnering across business, consulting, and product groups to improve how we present and deliver value to institutions.Before joining Ellucian, I led enterprise strategy and architecture work at the University of Missouri System, coordinating strategy and governance across four universities and a health system. Our focus was on improving how leaders use data, standards, and collaboration to guide modernization investments and measure results. Earlier in my career, I helped establish statewide programs for business intelligence, GIS, and user experience at the Missouri Department of Conservation.My work has always centered on helping people find shared understanding—turning complex systems and priorities into something clear, visual, and actionable. I enjoy building frameworks that last, that help organizations move from discussion to action, and that make it easier for everyone involved to see progress.Focus Areas: Enterprise Transformation • Capability & Maturity Modeling • Operating-Model Design • Value Stream & Process Simplification • Digital Enablement & Automation • AI-Assisted Analytics • Governance & RACI Frameworks • Cross-Functional Leadership

Experience

1. Principle Business Enterprise Architect

   Ellucian

   Jan 2023 — Present · US

   Global Higher Education Systems ProviderAt Ellucian, I work with teams across product, business, and consulting groups to connect technology capabilities to measurable client outcomes. My role focuses on shaping how enterprise architecture supports strategy—from product design through presales and implementation.Helped define the structure of Ellucian’s enterprise architecture repository to create a shared foundation for modeling capabilities, processes, and solutions.Worked with colleagues across business and product areas to develop a consistent approach for mapping solutions to client needs, improving how we align proposals and delivery.Support strategy workshops for institutions and internal teams to connect roadmaps, outcomes, and capability priorities.Contribute to the use of automation and analytics, including AI-assisted tools, to identify common solution patterns and improve reuse across the organization.Collaborate with leadership to encourage a shift toward capability-driven and outcome-based design thinking.

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Philosophy

  1982 — 1989

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Planning
• Business Intelligence
• Policy
• Gis
• Technical Writing
• Software Development
• Research
• Project Planning
• Itil V3 Foundations Certified
• Project Management
• Proposal Writing
• Togaf
• Process Improvement
• Analysis
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Program Management
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Sharepoint
• Applied Ethics
• Leadership
• Software Documentation
• Social Media
• Government
• Information Technology
• Agile Methodologies
• Supervising
• Management
• Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Instructional Technology
• Business Process
• Multimedia
• Data Analysis