Kelly E. Smith joined Nomad Cyber Concepts in March 2025. She is a dynamic executive strategist and operational leader serving as Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief People Officer at Nomad Cyber Concepts. With more than two decades of experience at the intersection of equity compensation, compliance, governance, and human capital development, Kelly is advancing scalable infrastructure, modernizing systems, and architecting people-centric strategies that accelerate innovation and operational integrity in the AI governance and cybersecurity sectors.
Motto: “I am a builder of people through strategic expansion, inspired elevation, and graceful execution.”
As COO, Kelly leads cross-functional initiatives to modernize Nomad’s infrastructure, scale its systems, and embed data-informed KPIs that drive performance and accountability. In her Interim CPO capacity, she brings cultural fluency and leadership development to the forefront — aligning talent strategies with business outcomes while safeguarding compliance and ethics at every level of workforce engagement.
Kelly is also the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Smith Equity & Financial Consulting Group, Inc. (fka: Smith Equity Consulting, LLC), a boutique consultancy firm she launched in 2007 that has redefined service delivery for equity compensation, corporate governance, and specialty legal operations. Under her leadership, SEFCG expanded to include dedicated corporate paralegal services and bespoke human capital consulting solutions, serving Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 clients with precision, confidentiality, and insight.
Renowned for her strategic foresight and precision, Kelly excels at guiding organizations through complex transformations — from post-merger integrations and broker transitions to data migrations and regulatory audits. With a reputation for bringing clarity to ambiguity and structure to scale, she operates at the nexus of compliance, equity administration, and governance. Her expansive network — spanning brokers, global corporations, legal advisors, and software innovators — reinforces her role as a trusted advisor across both emerging tech ecosystems and established industries.
Based in the beautifully diverse San Francisco Bay Area, Kelly is also a devoted wife and mother, bringing both discipline and grace to every facet of her professional and personal journey.