Bio

Kelly is Vice President at FoxNext VR Studio within 20th Century Studios, now part of Disney. She previously held media partnerships leadership roles with Korean OTT startup Titan and Alibaba-acquired Southeast Asian consumer platform Lazada. She joined Lazada from Verizon Communication's OnCue, originally an Intel-funded company known as Intel Media that focused on innovations in direct-to-consumer content distribution and was acquired by Verizon in February 2014. Prior to Verizon and Intel Media, Kelly spent six years on content at Google-owned YouTube, where she worked on new business models and partnerships to advance the production, distribution, and monetization of entertainment content across YouTube, Google, and Google Play. Before joining Google, Kelly developed publisher and online media property partnerships to establish branded content for advertiser accounts at IPG. She began her career within Time Warner's filmed entertainment divisions, focused on development and finance for film and television at Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. While at New Line, she collaborated on forecasting, greenlighting, and accounting for New Line and HBO's joint indie film venture, Picturehouse. Kelly also has standalone production experience, having contributed to three theatrically released films and three cable television shows. Kelly's interest in media and entertainment was first honed through an internship with Lee Daniels Entertainment in New York. Kelly holds a BA in International Relations with minors in Economics and French from the University of Pennsylvania. She also received Google and Verizon sponsorships to complete Stanford University programs in Advanced Project Management and Innovation & Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Kelly has been named by the Producers Guild of America to its annual Digital V.I.P. Visionaries, Innovators, Producers list (formerly known as The Digital 25), is a voting member of the Streamys Academy (Streamy Awards), and is a national active member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmy Awards).