Barbara Kelso

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Chief Executive Officer @ Kelso Interests LLC
Austin, TX, US
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About Barbara Kelso

Barbara Kelso is a successful entrepreneur and proven business leader leveraging over 30 years of experience through a diverse and global career as a Founder, Board Member, Advisor, Investor, and Director for operational and executive management roles in corporate, non-profit, and startup/small business sectors which has allowed her to develop keen insights and provide unique problem-solving responses, build curated networks and open new channels of expansion. Barbara's expertise includes; expansion strategy, personal and business management, negotiations, start-ups, event planning, network building, & procurer of smart relationships. Key strengths:• Conscious Commerce Pioneer • Strategic and Futuristic Thinker• Extensive Global Network• Builder of Businesses and Networks • Personal Brand Management In 2009 Barbara was recognized as a “Texas Blazing Star” and nominated as “Texas Business Woman of the Year”. Today through Kelso Consultants, Barbara utilizes her in-depth knowledge of a wide variety of industries to advise and mentor entrepreneurs, leaders, and women worldwide. Barbara’s civic involvement is punctuated by these committees and boards: local, regional and global positions for EO, (Entrepreneurs' Organization) EO Austin Board: Integration Chair, Membership Chair, and Learning/Events Chair, Regional Membership Chair, and Global Director of Strategic Alliances, EO Texas University global committees for Sponsorship and Events, and served as an Ambassador for international member companies. Austin Chamber of Commerce Membership Committee, Advisor, MIT Philanthropy Foundation, Board of Advisors for Austin Museum of Art and Grameen America. Committee Engagement, Austin Gives, Austinfree.net, Austin Business Journal Mentor Monday, Mentor with Million Women Mentors.Pitch Judge for accelerators, Rice Alliance, Judge of the SXSW Interactive Innovation, [Re]verse Pitch Judge, Judge MassChallengeSpecialties: Leadership AdvisoryBusiness and Marketing Strategist Strategic Business RelationshipsLocating Financing SourcesBusiness DevelopmentNetwork Expansion Event Production

Barbara Kelso's Current Company Details
Kelso Interests LLC

Kelso Interests Llc

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Chief Executive Officer
Austin, TX, US
Barbara Kelso Work Experience Details
  • Kelso Interests Llc
    Chief Executive Officer
    Kelso Interests Llc
    Austin, Tx, Us
  • Kelso Consultants
    Principal
    Kelso Consultants Sep 2010 - Present
    Kelso Consultants operates as an agency of services and resources to create growth opportunities for experienced entrepreneurs, startups, emerging leaders, corporate partners, and Non-Profit Directors. Our services include business development, opening new markets and channels, create strategic partnerships, public relations, diplomatic relations, corporate and personal brand management, marketing/branding, messaging, go-to-market strategies, and event production. Services Include:Personal and Business DevelopmentBusiness and Marketing StrategyBrand ManagementBuilding Strategic Business RelationshipsMergers and Acquisitions International TradeSustainability SolutionsClean Energy Solutions
  • Your6, Inc.
    Advisor
    Your6, Inc. Jun 2017 - Present
    We are a company devoted to helping veterans and businesses achieve their goals in the workforce.Our mission is to help veterans and organizations gain the best possible employment relationship based on their needs, experience, and goals. Within your6, I am involved in business strategy and development.
  • Pied Parker
    Advisor
    Pied Parker Jul 2017 - Present
    Palo Alto, California, Us
    We're here to help make parking easier Parking Is Time Consuming - we know. We may not be able to solve it entirely but we can take away a lot of the stress. Everyday, people leave their garages, lots, and driveways to go to work, on vacation, or visit a friend. They leave their parking spot barren. Empty. Unused. Then, at night when business wraps up and everyone is enjoying happy hour or heads home, their designated parking space sits vacant. With all of the frustrated people scouring the cities for spots, why are there so many empty spaces that no one can use?!Pied Parker is the solution - keeping the streets from being overrun with frustrated, parking-hungry people, and keep empty parking spots from being left lonely and desolate. Pied Parker connects the people anxiously searching for parking with the unused parking spots left by their owners, whether for a few hours, a day , a week, or for months. From driveway parking to assigned apartment or office spots, there is bound to be a vacant spot for each parking-craving driver. We just help them find each other. Pied Parker takes the hassle out of parking, so you can focus on the things that truly matter.Simplify your commute, your vacation or your day trip. Whatever the case, save yourself some time - you will never get it back.
  • Liberty Payments
    President
    Liberty Payments Aug 2011 - Present
    Liberty is a credit card processor providing competitive pricing structure for banks, affiliates, and merchants. Through our direct wholesale relationships, Liberty is able to offer unparalleled pricing and custom tailored programs. Interchange Plus pricing allows us to positively impact the bottom line for our customers. With our Liberty Advantage program we are able to provide reasonably priced processing for businesses categorized as high risk.Combined with Point of Sales systems and a Cash Advance Program entrepreneurial businesses are able to enjoy affordable solutions that support sustainable growth.
  • Sapphire Productions
    Principal
    Sapphire Productions Sep 2012 - Present
    Sapphire Productions offers venues for private parties, supper clubs to casinos. Whether ensconced on a patio overlooking 6th street, or a casino overlooking Lady Bird Lake, booking live music from award winning Austin performers or aerial dancers floating in the air, we will provide you and your guests with an ultimate authentic Austin experience.Sapphire Productions PresentsThe Sapphire Room, a captivating, and intimate Supper Club. Delight in an authentic supper club experience in the thick of the action in downtown Austin, yet comfortably ensconced in the charm and intimacy of Austin's prime dinning areas. Enter a world of intimate and sophisticated dining at The Sapphire Room. Experience five-star cuisine. Tantalize the taste buds with selections of fine spirits and chef inspired wine pairings. Be spellbound by vocal melodies during dinner, and finish off the night dancing to the rhythmic beats of celebrity DJ el john Selector. Coming SoonSapphire Lake Front Casino Let yourself be entertained
  • Granite Gap Astronomy Park
    Strategic Advisor
    Granite Gap Astronomy Park Mar 2013 - Present
    “Granite Gap will be a unique place where a continuous star party under world-class dark skies goes hand in hand with rock collecting, mining history, rocket launches, planetarium shows, a mineral museum, birding, horseback riding, and an exploration of the rich history of the Old West. No other place on Earth blends science, art, history, and adventure in this way."
  • Victoria Lynden
    Consultant
    Victoria Lynden Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
    Vicotria is a respected and renowned international businesswoman and global influencer, Victoria has been at the forefront of influencing expanding global markets for over three decades. Her innovative approach to the development and implementation of strategic processes, and an innate ability to negotiate global business partnerships and form strong alliances with the U.S. trade partners has yielded successful partnerships in more than 50 countries.In this era of cultural awareness and global expansion, Victoria’s ability to identify trends and opportunities for growth have established her as an industry leader and visionary. Through Alliance Abroad and GeoVisions, Victoria supports and engages with the U.S. State Department on economic growth and cultural exchange initiatives. Under Victoria’s leadership, Alliance Abroad has established itself as a best-in-class organization, renowned for its dedication to the sustainable and ethical development of new global markets, and a commitment to the preparation of the next generation for success.Victoria’s unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected in the advancement of women in all her enterprises. Her enterprise, Kohana Coffee, is a three-time recipient of Inc. Magazine's fastest-growing private food and beverage companies. The brand is charting a course to be the first cold brew coffee company to source all of its beans from women growers, leveraging the brand’s buying power to boost gender equality and raise living standards for women and their families in the world’s impoverished coffee-growing regions.Currently, Vicotria is championing a Women in Leadership Program in submission to the U.S. State Department addressing the unique challenges facing young women in the workplace, and how companies can capitalize on the increase in revenue from the advancement of women in leadership.
  • Hypersciences, Inc
    Strategic Development Consultant
    Hypersciences, Inc Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
    Spokane, Washington, Us
    HyperDrill™ is our revolutionary drilling solution for accessing previously inaccessible or economically infeasible deep energy reserves. With financial commitment by one of the world’s largest upstream oil & gas companies, Shell, we have developed a drilling solution that increases rate of penetration by up to 10x that of existing drilling solutions.With Shell’s continued commitment to develop the world’s fastest and deepest drilling technology for High Energy Systems Development, HyperSciences is poised to enter the market as a game changing technology. Barbara provides a vast network of industry experts to help lead the world’s first company focused on commercial industrial hyper velocity mass drivers for drilling, tunneling, mining, and aerospace.
  • Rallyhood
    Consultant
    Rallyhood Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
    Rallyhood - A SaaS platform for purpose driven communities.Founder and CEO, Patti Rogers' vision was to blend the best of social and productivity tools to empower people to take action and engage in the groups, causes and organizations they care about most, every day. Rallyhood's community collaboration platform delivers enterprise solutions for healthcare, nonprofit and education, and other small and medium business. We believe in the positive ripple effect of community. When things are well organized, we can do more together, and have more free time to enjoy the people and the moments that matter most.
  • Ebw2020 (Empowering A Billion Women By 2020)
    Director Of Global Alliances
    Ebw2020 (Empowering A Billion Women By 2020) Mar 2015 - Mar 2016
    Austin, Texas, Us
    We advise, develop and/or fund initiatives and ventures that bridge global corporations and their solutions and resources with aspiring women worldwide creating a business win win on all sides.Responsible for developing strategies that allow entrepreneurs and women access to mentorship, experts, and products and services that support growth.
  • Moncur
    Director Strategic Development
    Moncur Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
    Southfield, Michigan, Us
    Successfully launched and maintained market entry into Austin, Texas. Successfully connected Moncur to companies for engagement of services, and expanded brand awareness and acceptance in the thriving Austin market. Moncur is a Branding + Digital Agency. We help companies brand, market and sell what they do online. Located in Detroit, Miami and Austin, our integrated marketing solutions promote clarity, consistency, awareness and impact at every point a brand touches its audience.
  • Grameen America, Inc.
    Local Board Of Advisors
    Grameen America, Inc. Jan 2014 - Nov 2015
    Ny, Us
    Grameen America is a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 microfinance organization dedicated to helping women who live in poverty build small businesses to create better lives for their families. Grameen America offers microloans, training and support to transform communities and fight poverty in the United States.
  • Bdl Environmental Technologies
    Strategic Development Partner Of Texas
    Bdl Environmental Technologies Oct 2013 - Sep 2015
    BDL is a production well water recycling technology company that offers ‘game-changing’ technologies for generating truly clean water out of production well water (including frac water).BDL is currently the only viable solution capable of treating 100% of production well water without chemicals. BDL technologies create ZERO secondary waste or wastewater requiring further treatment or compliant disposal. BDL systems are capable of treating production well water with TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) in excess of 300,000 PPM.BDL Environmental Technologies was the recent 2nd Place Winner of the 2013 Department of Energy's Future Energy Company competition.
  • Choice! Energy Services
    Independent Energy Consultant
    Choice! Energy Services Mar 2013 - Mar 2015
    As one of the largest energy consulting companies in North America, Choice! Energy Services specializes in offering energy solutions to municipal and large commercial/industrial customers. Choice! offers customers a wide range of physical and financial services to help with their energy challenges. As the largest broker of Natural Gas Options on NYMEX in North America, their understanding of the natural gas market gives CES excellent visibility and leverage in the retail gas and energy market. Choice! Energy Services' portfolio of assets, along with proprietary marketing and trading platforms, enables clients to have access to reliable and competitive electricity and natural gas services.Choice! strives to create trusting and long-term relationships with each of their clients. They are committed to being a dependable, honest and responsive energy partner for all of their customers. Choice! will develop customized product options by analyzing your energy usage to create a load profile and a hedging strategy. Choice! Energy's goal is to maximize buying opportunities, minimize risk exposure, and most importantly offer budget certainty in the often volatile commodity markets.
  • Mit Office Of Philanthropic Partnerships
    Advisor,
    Mit Office Of Philanthropic Partnerships Jun 2013 - Dec 2013
    Supporting MIT's innovation ecosystem. Engaging partnerships with people who want to help address the world's greatest challenges, advance the frontier of human knowledge and support a world-class, meritocratic university.
  • Eo, Global Strategic Alliance Director
    Global Strategic Alliance Director
    Eo, Global Strategic Alliance Director Oct 2010 - Jun 2013
    Alexandria, Va, Us
    The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) - for entrepreneurs only is a dynamic, global network of more than 9,000 business owners in 38 countries. We serve as a member lead organization of volunteers dedicated to supporting best practices thorough out the world. In business, as in life, integrity is everything.To build value. To make a difference. To leave a legacy. We are willing to put in the effort to transform any experience into a positive one for all. The entrepreneurial spirit is one of courage, creativity and eternal optimism - learning from failures as well as successes - building the better entrepreneur.
  • Eo, Global Strategic Alliance Director
    South Central Membership Area Director
    Eo, Global Strategic Alliance Director Apr 2009 - 2012
    Alexandria, Va, Us
    Supporting entrepreneurs to learn and grow with EO
  • Ann Kelso, Inc
    President
    Ann Kelso, Inc Sep 1991 - Sep 2010
    Ann Kelso, DBA Ann Kelso Salon & CitySpa, Two Moons Boutique, and a MindSpaAK Salon & CitySpa is a highly successful Salon & SpaTwo Moons is an unique beauty & grooming boutiqueThe next concept we are developing is a program that provides a transformational experience for individuals or businesses through customized protocols.This is a natural progression from our efforts at AKS as a new MindSpa concept. The idea is to create an unexplained, unpredictable event that would catalyst a profound shift in the neural frequency of our minds so we could shift in dimensional awareness. This then can allow us to repattern the fractal mathematical reoccurrence of our biological nature nurtured by our environments. The end game being creating new fulfilling future realties for ourselves and for our world
  • Ann Kelso Salon & Cityspa
    Owner
    Ann Kelso Salon & Cityspa Sep 1991 - Oct 2009
    Carolyn Myss so eloquently stated, “Beauty is the radiance of our soul”. We came to realize the potential we had to impact the thousands of people who come through our doors. While seemingly coming for a simple treatment; they came to discover a more profound change.Through a partnership with our staff we created a culture that facilities a transformational experience for ourselves and clients. Gandhi’s words and actions, “Be the change you want to see in the world” inspired us to accept individual accountability. With the blending of spiritual and scientific knowledge we became aware that our own beliefs and actions created our realities. In our desire to be in a world of tolerance, harmony and service we created a diversely rich culture enjoyed by us and our clients.
  • Financial Systems
    Principal
    Financial Systems Jun 1983 - Dec 1986
    Se
    The application of financial systems for individuals.

Barbara Kelso Skills

Entrepreneurship Strategy Start Ups Business Development Leadership Strategic Planning New Business Development Marketing Business Strategy Fundraising Marketing Strategy Small Business Business Planning Social Media Negotiation Social Media Marketing Management Consulting Online Marketing Executive Management Product Development Event Management Event Planning Executive Coaching Mentoring Online Advertising Social Networking Lead Generation Leadership Development E Commerce Brand Development Mergers And Acquisitions Creative Strategy Corporate Branding Strategic Visionary Renewable Resources Budgets Analysis Creative Briefs Policy Analysis Entrepreneur Clean Technology Rate Negotiation Data Analysis Merchant Services Creative Concept Development Social Entrepreneurship Special Events Corporate Events Renewable Fuels Renewable Energy

Barbara Kelso Education Details

  • The University Of Texas At Austin
    The University Of Texas At Austin
    Geology/Biology
  • Eo Texas University
    Eo Texas University
    Entrepreneurial Inspiration And Best Practices

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Barbara Kelso works for Kelso Interests Llc

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Barbara Kelso's current role is Chief Executive Officer.

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Barbara Kelso attended The University Of Texas At Austin, Eo Texas University.

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