Kelsey Coleman

Kelsey has more than 10 years of experience helping higher education organizations prepare for cloud implementations and implement Workday Human Capital Management, Finance, and Student solutions to increase efficiencies; improve the student, staff, and faculty experience; and further the mission of the institution.

The right tool set paired with the right mindset unlocks the transformation opportunity in a cloud implementation.”

About Kelsey

Kelsey provides Workday expertise to higher education clients to implement leading practices and updated cloud solutions, enabling them to enhance university operations; improve student, staff, and faculty experience; and provide stakeholders with real-time data to make better decisions. Kelsey supports institutions in preparing their organization for the cloud implementation, oversees the architecture of the new solution, and ensures on-time delivery of Workday solutions rooted in leading practices.

Throughout her career, Kelsey has:

• Served as a delivery executive for a Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Finance, and Student initiative for a private liberal arts college in the Northeast, resulting in standardized processes, better real-time reporting for college leadership, and an improved user experience.
• Served as a delivery executive for a Workday HCM and Finance initiative for a private liberal arts college in the Midwest, resulting in streamlined processes, better real-time reporting for college leadership, and a more transparent budget process.
• Provided quality assurance leadership to a Workday HCM and Finance initiative for a private university in the Northeast serving the deaf and hard of hearing community, resulting in a more accessible and better technology platform to serve the university.
• Led a multi-institution implementation of Workday HCM and Finance for a consortium of five public institutions in the Northeast, through readiness, planning, and design.
• Managed a Workday HCM, Finance, and Adaptive Planning implementation for a Midwest-based academic medical center, resulting in a shift from paper to online processing, complex integrations to the state, and an improved budget process.

Prior to joining Huron, Kelsey served as a Workday consultant at Accenture.

Kelsey earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin and holds several Workday certifications, including HCM, Financials, Launch, and Engagement Management.

Kelsey was named a Rising Star in the Consulting Profession by Consulting Magazine in 2020.