Charles Kelly

Current

• Partner at charlieConsults

Past

• Realtor at Cooper and Associates
• Show Director, Windows 2000 Shows at IDG World Expo Co
• Recruiting Manager, Microsoft Practices at Getronics, Billerica, MA

• Computer Systems Analyst at National Science Foundation
• Realtor at Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
• Director, Real Estate Syndication at De Rand Corporation
• Commercial Property Manager at Paragon Group
• Electronics Technician at U.S. Army

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Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• University of Pennsylvania

Connections

49 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Charles Kelly’s Summary

I'm outside traditional boundaries and ahead of the curve. While others focus on limitations, I create new possibilities and ideas .I know how to take a project to completion. I'm a doer; not just a talker. My most unique quality is that I'm unusually conscientious. I'm the kind of person others depend on. I'm an ENTJ (Myers-Briggs).

Charles Kelly’s Specialties:

"Know where to find the information and how to use it. That’s the secret of success." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Charles Kelly’s Experience

• Partner

  charlieConsults

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Private Consultant, Tampa, FL 2006 - present I am a vision, solution, results person, not a day-to-day, grind-it-out manager. Must be challenging, rewarding and fun for me. Limited number of clients.

• Realtor

  Cooper and Associates

  (Partnership; Real Estate industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

  Realtor in Tampa and Odessa, FL. Created lead-generating websites. Sold leads generated to other agents.

• Show Director, Windows 2000 Shows

  IDG World Expo Co

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  Overall responsibility for the launch event for Microsoft Windows 2000 in San Francisco, Feb. 2000. Responsible for securing Microsoft's participation and endorsement. Chair of Advisory Board and the conference program committee. Worked with sales staff to sell exposition floor space. Part of marketing team and responsible for maintaining relationships with companies like Compaq, Commerce One, Cisco Systems, Unisys, Intel, Dell, 3Com, Mission Critical, Entevo, IBM, Inacom, CommVault Systems, Citrix, JD Edwards, Bindview, Lucent Technologies, EDS, BMC Software, Tivoli, Veritas, Getronics Wang, NCR , and KPMG Consulting. Offering a tightly focused conference program led by industry leading visionaries, Windows 2000 Conference & Expo provides the best environment for finding solutions to today's most critical IT management issues. (www.windows2000expo.com)

• Recruiting Manager, Microsoft Practices

  Getronics, Billerica, MA

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

  Responsible for recruiting high-level technical specialists and developers to staff Wang's new and existing Microsoft Practice offices. Used his extensive personal network of IT professionals, developers, and computer professionals to quickly staff positions with top-quality candidates. Extremely proficient with Internet and computer-based sources and systems. Charged with fulfilling Wang's commitment to Microsoft of developing 2,500 MCSEs over a three year period. Part of the Wang corporate committee to develop training and recruitment plans to achieve this lofty goal. Awarded maximum bonuses for meeting and exceeding quotas each quarter.

• Computer Systems Analyst

  National Science Foundation

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  1988 — 1997 (9 years)

  Within the NSF's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, was responsible for budget and planning responsibilities for the directorate's $700M annual budget; designing, developing, and managing cross-platform intranet/client-server applications; design team for planning and implementing NSF's FastLane--a new line-of-business utilization placing the agencies business on the internet; designing corporate web sites; and pushing the technology envelope whenever possible. NSF is highly respected in the scientific, university, and engineering communities. I was able to leverage this visibility into a wide range of contacts within those communities.

• Realtor

  Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Real Estate industry)

  1986 — 1988 (2 years)

  Realtor, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Fairfax, VA 1986 - 1988. Residential Real Estate Agent working exclusively in Oakton, Vienna and McLean, VA. Top listing agent in a 50 agent office. Coldwell Banker Chairman's Club and Northern VA Board of Realtors 10 Million Dollar Club.

• Director, Real Estate Syndication

  De Rand Corporation

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Banking industry)

  1985 — 1987 (2 years)

  Director, Real Estate Syndication, De Rand Corporation, Arlington, VA 1985 - 1987. Developed and assembled real estate syndication deals and managed real estate syndication projects, focusing on office buildings, shopping centers, and apartment complexes. Produced several mortgage backed syndication packages.

• Commercial Property Manager

  Paragon Group

  (Partnership; Commercial Real Estate industry)

  1977 — 1984 (7 years)

  Commercial Property Manager, Paragon Group, Tampa, FL 1977 - 1984. Construction and lease-out management of real estate projects for one of nation's best developers (formerly part of Trammell Crowe's original Lincoln Property Company). Projects in the Tampa Bay area I managed included: Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Paragon Center, Concourse Center, Paragon Crossing, Riverside Plaza, and Barnett Bank Plaza (now Bank of America Bldg).

• Electronics Technician

  U.S. Army

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  1970 — 1973 (3 years)

  Electronics Technician, U.S. Army, MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL 1970 - 1973

Additional Information

Charles Kelly’s Websites:

• My Website

Charles Kelly’s Interests:

internet, microsoft, semantic web, science, technology, blog, software, web 2.0, web 3.0, programming, webdesign, css, javascript, ajax, business, technical, professional, networks, biztech net, open source, w3c, ruby, wordpress, typepad, wiki, rss, security

Charles Kelly’s Groups:

Board of Directors, Capital PC User Group, Rockville, MD 1989 - 1997. Served on the Board of Directors of Capital PC User Group as Virginia Vice President. Started out by joining a Windows-OS/2 Special Interest Group (SIG) led by (soon-to-be) Microsoft Technical Legend Mark Ryland. Founded the Virginia SIG and the Visual Basic SIG,

Tech Conferences Charles was a featured speaker and served on the advisory and program committees of numerous national and international conferences. Windows 2000 Conference and Expo, Microsoft TechEd 95-98, Microsoft Developer Days 94-98, Comdex, Comdex Enterprise, Windows NT Intranet Solutions Conference (San Francisco and Tokyo), Windows World Tokyo, Federal Open Systems Exhibition (FOSE), DECUS, HP World, FedUnix, UniForum, and many others.

•    Linked by Tampa Bay

Charles Kelly’s Honors:

Regional Director, Microsoft Developer Days Program, Redmond, WA [1994-1998] One of the "Original 8 Microsoft Regional Directors" selected world-wide to develop this pivotal Microsoft program. Has been associated with Microsoft's developer programs for several years on many different levels. Is a key player at various summit meetings and serves on numerous Microsoft advisory councils. He has been, and continues to be, an integral part of the product-planning cycle for many Microsoft Internet and development tools.


1996 to 2001 - President World-Wide Association of NT User Groups Washington, DC.


1993 to 2001 - President Association of Windows NT Systems Professionals Washington, DC, Board of Directors, Association of PC User Groups, Washington, DC 1992 - 1997. Served for 5 years on the Board of Directors of APCUG, an international association representing over 525 user groups with over 475,000 members world-wide.

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