Kelly Palmer

Kelly Palmer is a thought leader and advisor on the future of work and education and is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at SNHU. Kelly focuses on business strategy and new product innovation, skills-based hiring and development, and pathways from education to jobs of the future. She is the co-author of the award-winning business book The Expertise Economy, which focuses on the urgent need to upskill the workforce. Kelly has spent her entire career in Silicon Valley and was previously Chief Learning Officer at both LinkedIn and Degreed. She was Vice President of Learning at Yahoo! and held executive positions in learning, M&A, and product development at Sun Microsystems. She was also a senior advisor for Firework Ventures, which invests in early-stage startups focusing on human-centered future of work companies. Kelly speaks regularly at companies and conferences around the world and has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Barron's, Financial Times, Fast Company, and Forbes among others.