Kelly Nighland

Kelly Nighland is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with vast experience in data migration, conversion, and restructuring, specializing in implementing Costpoint / Deltek software for government contractors.

As a Managing Member at Lexell Blue, LLC, a Premier Partner of Deltek since mid-2013, Kelly offers expert data migration services. Prior to this role, Kelly collaborated with Great Circle Solutions, LLC from 2007 to mid-2013, handling data conversion projects.

Before transitioning to an independent consultant role, Kelly spent around 11 years at Deltek, starting in 1997. In this role, Kelly served as a principal data migration consultant, focusing on Legacy ERP System conversions to Costpoint conversions.

Kelly's professional journey includes 11 years as a Senior Audit Manager for a local CPA firm. During this tenure, the primary clientele comprised government contractors, honing Kelly's expertise in this sector.

Kelly's consulting portfolio includes collaborations with esteemed companies like Leidos, SAIC, Huntington Ingalls, Sierra Nevada, GDIT, ASEC, PAE Group, CSC, Dyncorp, Applied Signal, and QinetiQ North America, with a specialization in loading master tables and transactional data, particularly in manufacturing.

An accomplished presenter at Deltek Insight User Conferences, Kelly has covered topics such as data restructuring, database merging and splitting, re-implementations, Costpoint table modifications, multi-company and multi-currency handling.

Kelly's skills encompass a range of tools including SQL, Oracle, MS SqlServer, and Toad, with a focus on data extraction, transformation, and loading. Specific capabilities include merging multiple Costpoint databases, splitting one database into multiple instances, reorganizing existing databases, and mass changing master tables. Kelly has also designed Multi-Company, Multi-Currency, and Multi-Tax ID databases.

Kelly's educational background includes studying BS Accounting and Business at the University of Maryland, and Kelly is an alumnus of Somerville High School.

Within various organizations, Kelly has held pivotal roles such as Co-Founder and Managing Member at Lexell Blue, LLC, Former Principal Data Migration Specialist at Great Circle Solutions, Former Lead Deltek Costpoint Data Migration Consultant at SAIC, Former Principal II Data Migration Consultant at Deltek, and Former CPA/Senior Audit Manager at Friedman & Fuller / TBS.