As President of Award Web Services, LLC, Ms. Ward's experience in the industry began after graduating from Virginia Tech in 1994 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Human Services. Her interest and spirit to help others translated into a career of assisting individuals and businesses attain their online goals.

From 1995 to present, Kelly continues to expand her online portfolio, which consists of hundreds of websites, digital advertisements and a proven history of effective websites and online advertisements. Kelly looks forward to continued success helping individuals and businesses reach their online goals affordably, effectively and creatively.

Award Web Services in the community:

The Interactive Guides to Starting a Business project was relicensed in 2007 wherein Interactive Educational Concepts and John Tyler Community College agree to share rights to the project.

Kelly has worked as the Assistant Program Manager since the project's inception in 2003, and continues to actively develop Interactive Guides to Starting a Business CDs for local municipalities and commercial clients.

From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Ward was adjunct faculty for the Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA) as Assistant Program Manager and Web Development Consultant through the Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED). The CCWA is a partnership between J. Sargeant Reynolds and John Tyler Community Colleges to serve the workforce and economic development needs of the region. Kelly worked on various projects through the CED, but was involved specifically with the CD Program, producing Interactive Guides to Starting a Business. The CD Program was developed and produced during 2003 with funding by the Greater Richmond Partnership.Versions have been produced throughout Virginia and for the State of North Carolina. These include: North Carolina Community College System (Statewide), Virginia Department of Business Assistance (Statewide), City of Richmond, City of Norfolk, City of Hampton, City of Virginia Beach, City of Newport News, City of Charlottesville, Chesterfield County, Hanover County, Henrico County, Goochland County, Stafford County, King William County, Town of West Point, Metropolitan Business League and others.

From 2003 until September 2005, Ms. Ward served as Partner and President of Bravo Multimedia, LLC. Ms. Ward's focus was on product development, sales & marketing, as well as personnel and project management.

Ms. Ward attended University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies to prepare for Internet Webmaster Certification, not to mention a variety of professional training courses offered by EEI Communications for Web Project Management.

From 1999 until late 2003, Ms. Ward was the Online Production Manager for Media General Inc's Interactive Media Division, overseeing the company's Virginia region. Projects included overseeing the online integrity of 7 daily news publications, 4 weekly, 2 monthly, various client websites, digital advertising design, and implementation of Classified advertising products. Some of these included GatewayVA.com (Gateway Virginia - statewide portal), TimesDispatch.com (Richmond Times-Dispatch), VirginiaBusiness.com (Virginia Business Magazine), NBC12.com (NBC12 Richmond), InsideNoVA.com (Inside NoVA - Northern Virginia portal), DailyProgress.com (Charlottesville Daily Progress), and others.

From 1997 until 1999, Kelly worked at the historic Jefferson Hotel in downtown Richmond, Virginia, as a Marketing Assistant. While employed there, she maintained and updated the company website, photographing the hotel, and coordinating online and offline marketing endeavors.