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Tekelia C. Kelly Enterprises, LLC

 

 

Tekelia C. Kelly Enterprises

 

Entrepreneur, Engineer, Educator, Editor, Entertainer

 

Tekelia C. Kelly is a Business and Information Technology Consultant, with over 15 years experience in Corporate Business.  Her professional training includes a Bachelor of Science in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Technology, and Masters-level coursework in Instructional Design and Technology.  Tekelia Kelly Enterprises consist of Sisters In Business (SIB), AYES Youth In Business, CHIPS, InternCHIPS programs, and FYI (For Your Information), an  Education & Information Technology Solutions firm which provides Business Consulting; IT Project Management; Workforce, Career, Personal Development Training; Computer Technology Training, Tech-Ed Curriculum Coordination,  K-12 Educational Teaching, and Tutoring services. FYI has served businesses, schools, colleges, and homes since 1995. In 2009, "celebrating life through song" Tekelia launched TekeliaKelly.com, and Precious Memories, offering her professional singing, songwriting, and presentation design services for special events and occasions, and Celebrate Chattanooga.com "a celebration station for student education".

 

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Click here to read Tekelia's Blush Magazine "Her Mark" article. 

 

 

 Shown here BLUSH MAGAZINE: Tekelia Kelly's ‘Her Mark’ Article, February 2008, Chattanooga, TN Tekelia Kelly

by Nancy Henderson

 

 

"Exuberant" might be too mild a word to describe Tekelia Kelly. The minute you ask her about Sisters in Business, the company she founded two years ago to promote businesswomen in the marketplace, she starts talking faster. "My passion and my vision give me energy;' says the petite, outgoing entrepreneur with the startlingly firm handshake. "I want the community to be connected.  I want everybody to win.”

A self-proclaimed "geek;' Tekelia majored in industrial engineering at the University of Memphis and, for 15 years, worked as a service engineer, project manager and information technology consultant. In 1995, she started her own computer training business, FYI (For Your Information), setting up programs for companies and schools. By 1998, she and her husband were ready to come back to Chattanooga, their hometown.

One day in early 2006, she and her sister were talking about how difficult it is for women to start and maintain their own businesses. "Well, the first thing that needs to happen;' she blurted out, "is that everybody needs to be connected." Inspired by the conversation, Tekelia went home, created the Sisters in Business (SIB) website and set out to offer advertising, training and networking events ranging from mixers to workshops to trade shows.  The company, she points out, is "a for-profit business with non-profit outreach appeal." Members hail from all socioeconomic, cultural and professional backgrounds.  Some own home-based.  businesses, mom-and-pop stores and franchises; others are doctors, lawyers and high-level executives. "It is so beautiful to see;' says Tekelia. "You get all these different wonderful women, but they all have a heart of sisterhood."

A performer at heart, she's too busy to pursue theater work right now, but she makes time to sing on her church's praise team. And SIB gives her the creative elbowroom she's always craved. "When I was in the corporate world, I would always have to water myself down;' she says.” Now I can be all the things I'm shaped to be."

She is especially fired” up about AYES (Alternative Youth Economic Solutions-the acronym is pronounced a-yes), a training and internship program for teens and young adults, which is now being offered at Chattanooga State. It's a 3-Certificate job readiness for ages 15 and up. "There are certain parts of our culture that got lost in terms of mentoring and interpersonal skills.”  Tekelia says, excitement rising in her voice.  “The baton handoff got lost somewhere between adults and youth.  It is my passion--can you tell I’m passionate?—to help bridge that.” 

 

 

 

Tekelia C. Kelly Enterprises, LLC

 

 

 

 

Tekelia C. Kelly Enterprises, LLC

 

Entrepreneur, Engineer, Educator, Editor, Entertainer

 

Tekelia C. Kelly is a Business and Information Technology Consultant, with over 15 years experience in Corporate Business.  Her professional training includes a Bachelor of Science in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Technology, and Masters-level coursework in Instructional Design and Technology.  Tekelia Kelly Enterprises consist of Sisters In Business (SIB), AYES Youth In Business program, and FYI (For Your Information), an  Education & Information Technology Solutions firm which provides Business Consulting; IT Project Management; Workforce, Career, Personal Development Training; Computer Technology Training, Tech-Ed Curriculum Coordination,  K-12 Educational Teaching, and Tutoring services. FYI has served businesses, schools, colleges, and homes since 1995. In 2009, "celebrating life through song" became Tekelia's passion which led to TekeliaKelly.com, a singing, songwriting, and media design service for special events and occasions, DVD keepsake gifts, or presentations.  

 

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