Kelly Ireland, Angel Investor

Kelly Ireland is a Tech CEO, CTO, Investor, Advisor and Philanthropist. Kelly launched CB Technologies in 2001 with a focus on offering innovative technology solutions and unparalleled client service and has evolved as an award-winning entrepreneur in IT, IIoT, HPC/AI, and Edge solutions. Kelly's ground-breaking accomplishments have made CBT a leader in these technologies across multiple verticals. She invested heavily and built up CBT’s engineering expertise, data science practice, and partnerships to revolutionize the company’s offerings and make the difficult transition from VAR to Domain Expert Integrator. CBT is now in rarefied air, bridging the gap between operational technologies (OT) and information technologies (IT) with groundbreaking projects like the Refinery of the Future (RotF) at Texmark Chemicals, Inc. Kelly supports multiple OEM/ISVs partner advisory boards including CRN Best of Breed, CRN IoT, TechData Synnex IoT, HPE WW Partner Advisory, IoT Community Advisory Council, and IoT Community Women of IoT Center of Excellence Vice Chair.