[5] After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelors in economics and computer science, McKelvey worked as a contractor for IBM in Los Angeles and in St.

Their inaugural product, a commercial document imaging system, was partly developed by their summer intern Jack Dorsey,[7] who would later rise to prominence as the co-founder of Twitter.

[19] Since 2019, McKelvey and business partner John Berglund as Starwood Group have been instrumental in building Downtown North, an Urban Insight District in St. Louis.

In September 2013, McKelvey co-founded LaunchCode, a non-profit organization that aims to grow new talent and create pathways to on-the-job training and employment.

[20] LaunchCode partners with companies to set up paid apprenticeships in technology for talented people who lack the traditional credentials to land a quality, high-paying job.