Kelli Kedis Ogborn is President & CEO of H.S. Dracones LLC—a consulting firm specializing in innovation
strategy and technology integration. In this capacity she helps companies create and implement
their business development goals specializing in narrative building to communicate technological
value and impact, matching capabilities to the correct customer, identifying key stakeholders,
and building coalitions to foster and influence discussions around technology and its broader
market applications. Prior to founding H.S. Dracones, she served as the Director of Business
Development for Perceptronics Solutions Inc. and as a Congressional Liaison for the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) providing advice to senior leadership and
technical offices on Congressional engagement strategies to maintain the agency’s position and
reputation as a premier science and technology organization.
Kelli holds a Master’s Degree in Government and Security Studies from the Johns Hopkins
University, a certificate in Public Policy from the Leon and Silvia Panetta Institute for Public
Policy, and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution from San
Diego State University.