Kelli Keith

About Kelli Keith

Contracts Management * Proposal Management * Project Management * Federal and State Government Contracts * Software Testing * Jira Administration * Qualitative research * Quality Assurance Management, CMMI auditor * Data Coordinating Centers * Business Development * Agile System Development * Technical Assistance & Training * ReportingWorks with government clients such as Dept. of Education, NASA, CDC, NSF, NIH, and the IRS. Roles have included IT Project Manager, Deputy Project Director, Deputy Blanket Purchase Agreement Manager, System Development Team Coordinator, Proposal Manager, Technical Assistance and Training Specialist, and Quality Assurance Manager. Excellence in IT, data management, and help desk operations government contracts, Firm-fixed Price and T&M contracts, subcontract management, people management, quality control, proposal management and documentation production. Experienced in all stages of the software development life cycle including requirements gathering, agile development, product ownership, test management, security requirements, forecasting, and budget management. Served as the Deputy Project Director for IRS Blanket Purchase Agreements with the IRS, providing oversight on multiple contracts. Currently serves as a Project Manager and Deputy Project Director for large scale Department of Education data collections. Experienced with SPSS, MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint, JIRA, Camtasia, and various database applications. Quality Assurance Manager using ISO and CMMI standards. Familiar with OMB and NIST processes. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2016, Certified Software Tester, Certified Jira Administrator, holder of a graduate certificate in Project Management, and a Master’s in Management: Project Management. Holds a public trust Security Clearance.

Experience

1. Pet Sitter

   The Right Fluff Pet Sitting

   Oct 2022 — Present

   cat sitter, dog walker, animal lover.

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Sociology

  1999 — 2004

• University of Maryland University College

  Master's degree, Project Management

  2012 — 2016

• University of Maryland

  B.A. Sociology, Inequality

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  Masters, Management: Project Management

Skills

• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Survey Research
• Environmental Policy
• Management Consulting
• Analysis
• Program Evaluation
• Stata
• Nonprofits
• Public Speaking
• Quantitative Research
• Policy Analysis
• Survey Design
• Spss
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Project Management
• Statistics
• Project Planning
• Climate Change
• Fundraising
• Administrative Assistants
• Sas