Biography
Barbara Kellett earned her Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. Barbara began her graduate studies at the London School of Economics in Computer Science. Barbara earned a Master of Business Administration from Mississippi College. She holds the designations of Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and Certified Information Security Manager.
Barbara began her career as a COBOL programmer in banking. After joining a smaller financial institution as a COBOL programmer, Barbara realized the benefit of security and control that she had experienced at the larger bank. Wanting to pursue her interest in security and controls, she joined a large banking institution as an IT Auditor.
Accepting the challenge of learning the academic healthcare environment after years with financial institutions, Barbara joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center as the IT Audit Manager in 1997. With no prior IT Audit function at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, she championed the benefit of audit and control upon her arrival. She served as HIPAA Security Officer at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from 2002-2007.. In addition to her IT Audit Manager’s duties and responsibilities as the HIPAA Security Officer, she taught Computer Applications in Health Information Systems at the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s School of Health Related Professions. She has spoken multiple times at conferences including the IT Security World Conference, the IT Audit and Control Conference, etc. In 2012 she was named the Director of Internal Audit at UMMC. She has been the President of the Central Mississippi Chapter of the Institute of Internal Audit for several years.
