James Bennett Kelly III (born May 28, 1941) serves as Executive in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business. For three years he was president and CEO of Flight Explorer, a software and IT solutions provider to the global aviation community. A former pilot, Kelly took the company from a significant loss to profitability while doubling revenue and implementing an exit strategy resulting in the company's acquisition by Sabre Holdings. As the founder of SynXis, a hotel reservation management software provider to over 50,000 hotels, Mr. Kelly served for eight years as president and CEO. Sabre acquired SynXis in 2005. Kelly is a former Vice President, International, of BDM, an 8,000-person Carlyle technical services firm now part of Northrop Grumman. He previous