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More about Melissa Daley
Melissa Daley is a dynamic entrepreneur, innovator, and technology strategist with over 20 years of experience in IT and digital transformation. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Orca Intelligence, a digital services company she founded in 2014 to streamline software requirement management and optimize organizational performance. Between 2020 and 2021, she built and launched Swiftly®, an AI-powered solution that enhances software development efficiency by aligning people, processes, and emerging technologies.
Melissa’s career spans consulting roles with major firms such as Accenture, Booz Allen, and ICF International, where she built a foundation of excellence. In addition, through Orca Intelligence, she has led modernization efforts for federal and local agencies and Non-profits, including the General Services Administration (GSA), United States Institute of Peace (USIP, and Department of Employment Services (DOES) to name a few. Her expertise includes requirements engineering, enterprise architecture, system administration, and product development, and she holds certifications in Agile (PMI-ACP), Business Analysis (CBAP), and Design Thinking.
Beyond her executive leadership, Melissa is known for mentoring future leaders in business, entrepreneurship, and technology.
Melissa holds a Master’s in Technology Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems from Hampton University. She is also the founder of iT Gets Better, a nonprofit that provided IT workshops to underserved communities in Atlanta.
Her interests include tennis, cooking, reading autobiographies, and learning new technologies to break into. She is based in Washington, DC, and actively participates in strategic initiatives and leadership forums across health, labor, education and housing sectors.
🌟 A Commitment to Service and Discovery
Making Service Adventurous and Immediate
For Melissa Daley, volunteerism is more than a civic responsibility—it is a defining part of how she leads. Grounded in empathy and driven by purpose, her commitment to public service shapes the way she approaches every challenge, every partnership, and every opportunity to create meaningful change.
That same spirit lives at the heart of Orca Intelligence. With an exploratory mindset and a deep belief in human potential, Melissa champions new ways to strengthen communities, close digital gaps, and expand access for those too often left behind. Her leadership is not only visionary—it is deeply personal, rooted in the belief that innovation should serve people first.
Through service, strategy, and action, Melissa continues to show that true leadership is measured not only by what we build, but by how many lives we help improve along the way.