Jessica Kelly
Senior Director, Research And Web Technology at Urban Institute
Mount Jackson, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJessica Kelly is a Senior Director of Research and Web Technology with over a decade at the Urban Institute, blending deep technical roots in C++, SAS, and cloud-based microsimulation with strategic leadership of hybrid, cross-functional teams. She builds and sustains secure, high-quality web and data products—from legacy simulations to modern cloud deployments—while aligning projects tightly to organizational values and policy impact. Known for product-line team structures, she measures performance with clear metrics and incubates award-winning innovations that bridge research, communications, and operations. A mentor and systems-thinker, she emphasizes continuous improvement, inclusion, and practical integration of contractors and vendors into in-house workflows. Based in Virginia and trained in applied mathematics, she brings a rare combination of hands-on programming experience (including large-scale record linkage and microsimulation) and executive-level budgeting and strategy.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics at Towson University
Github Skills (4)
alfred4
sas4
tax4
scalable2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
uijkelly/test-fort-json
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
UI-Research/Simple_Tax_Models
Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
Simple Tax models to use in conjunction with Alfred P Sloan funded scalable microsimulation project
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
scalablealfredtaxmicrosimulation
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