Kevin Allen
Ellicott City
Summary
Technology leader with 20 years of experience in engineering and executive-level strategic leadership. Holds an active TS/SCI Full-Scope Polygraph clearance and excels in developing and executing complex business agreements in the defense sector. Demonstrated success in creating and implementing growth strategies within the DoD market. Proven ability to support Special Access Programs for government and industry partners.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director
Nightwing Intelligence Solutions
Annapolis Junction
11.2023 - Current
- Led business development for all USCYBERCOM opportunities, targeting ~$250M in revenue.
- Managed portfolio of core USCYBERCOM, Cyber National Mission Force, and DARPA programs.
- Oversee five development teams delivering diverse offensive cyber tools and services
- Championed vision and implementation of Gen-AI capabilities to improve solution delivery speed.
- Drove success through continuous engagement and collaboration with Government teams.
- Captured multiple new programs
- Trained program managers on efficient bid generation ROM through execution using MS Project
Senior Director, Technical
Peraton – Space and Intelligence
McClean
11.2022 - 11.2023
- Deputy Program Manager for ODNI/FEDSIM Narsil Program - 7 years, $916 million enterprise services contract.
- Worked closely with 32 offices at ODNI, including the ICCIO, responsible for IT policy, and the Policy and Strategy group, responsible for IC SAP policy.
- Led on-program growth through the addition of approximately $20 million in consulting sub-contracts and a $5 million executive coaching program for ODNI senior staff.
- PMO lead with financial, staffing, subcontracts, contracts, innovation, and IT infrastructure teams.
- Lead all financial forecasting and project planning to ensure on-budget, on-schedule performance.
- Led executive briefings including monthly Program Reviews to 32 office leadership teams and quarterly award fee briefings to ODNI leadership
Director of Programs - Intel & Cyber Tactical Missions Division
L3Harris Corporation
Columbia
01.2019 - 11.2022
- Business Area Director for over $80M per year P&L, with four sites and more than 250 employees executing over 30 classified programs.
- Achieved double-digit year-over-year growth through relentless capture of new programs.
- Created and marketed multiple intellectual property cores aligned to the strategic growth plan, including specialized cyber payloads and embeddable, on-the-go Ka/Ku-band electronic steerable arrays.
- Unseated 20-year Prime Contractor to win $300M MPO competitive procurement.
- Regularly briefed executive leadership, up to the CEO, to report performance and influence corporate strategy.
- Collaborated across the corporation and with external partners to expand the pipeline and opportunity PWIN.
Director, New Program Capture and Growth
Harris Corporation (L3Harris)
Columbia
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Built a comprehensive growth strategy, leveraging limited IRAD funds, to efficiently produce IP cores.
- Identified, captured, led the start-up, and handed off five new custom solutions programs for a variety of IC and DoD customers over a two-year period, significantly diversifying the business area portfolio.
- Led cross-functional teams in the development of innovative solutions to complex problems.
Principal, Program Management - Special DoD Program
EDO Corporation (L3Harris)
Columbia
01.2011 - 01.2017
- Led all aspects of a large Special Access Program, achieving 100% on-schedule and on-budget performance for rapid ISR system development and production.
- Conceived of, secured funding for, and developed a PL2 SAP WAN collaborative engineering network connecting five sites with over eighty terminals and one hundred fifty users.
- Pioneered the first implementation of Risk Management Framework (RFM) for a SAP network.
- Maintained and led program growth strategy resulting in consistent mission expansion and program growth.
- Personally awarded directors' commendations for above-and-beyond efforts to support the mission.
- Maintained exceptional team satisfaction through constant employee engagement at all levels.
Chief Mechanical Engineer, Special Program
EDO (L3Harris)
Columbia
02.2007 - 11.2010
- Led the concurrent, rapid design, and production for a large Special Access Program.
- Oversaw all aspects of embedded system engineering, from firmware through manufacturing.
Senior Engineer, Special Programs
EVI Technology (L3Harris)
Columbia
09.2002 - 02.2007
- Lead the development and manufacturing introduction of embedded Multi-Chip Module technology (MCM-L).
- Implemented Physics of Failure methodologies to ensure the reliability of custom designs.
- Developed new, novel processes, including laser vias and embedded passives, for our in-house PCB fab.
Product Engineer
Wilson Greatbatch Limited
Columbia
07.1999 - 09.2002
- Designed hermetic ceramic-to-metal seals for human implants and other high-reliability applications.
- Chief Investigator for patents 6,920,673 and 6,490,148, covering a novel technique for brazing filter capacitors into hermetic feedthroughs.
Research & Development Engineer
Saint-Gobain / Norton Company
06.1998 - 07.1999
- Evaluated and experimented with next generation materials for use in production of grinding wheels
- Leveraged Scanning Electron Microscopy to identify abrasive grain quality
Education
Masters of Mechanical Engineering -
Johns Hopkins University
05.2004
B.S. Materials Engineering -
Rutgers University
05.1998
Skills
- Business development
- Growth strategy development and execution
- Program management
- Special Access Program Implementation
- DOD and IC mission needs
- Technical solution execution
- Project planning
- Generative AI solution development
- Embedded system design
- Offensive cyber development and operations
- RF system engineering
- Advanced manufacturing
- Electronics packaging
Clearance Level
- Top Secret / SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
Patents - Principal Investigator
- 6,920,673: Installation of filter capacitors into feedthroughs for implantable medical devices
- 6,768,629: Multipin feedthrough containing a ground pin passing through an insulator
Certification
Project Management Professional #1537385 September 2012 to Present
Timeline
Associate Director
Nightwing Intelligence Solutions
11.2023 - Current
Senior Director, Technical
Peraton – Space and Intelligence
11.2022 - 11.2023
Director of Programs - Intel & Cyber Tactical Missions Division
L3Harris Corporation
01.2019 - 11.2022
Director, New Program Capture and Growth
Harris Corporation (L3Harris)
01.2017 - 01.2019
Principal, Program Management - Special DoD Program
EDO Corporation (L3Harris)
01.2011 - 01.2017
Chief Mechanical Engineer, Special Program
EDO (L3Harris)
02.2007 - 11.2010
Senior Engineer, Special Programs
EVI Technology (L3Harris)
09.2002 - 02.2007
Product Engineer
Wilson Greatbatch Limited
07.1999 - 09.2002
Research & Development Engineer
Saint-Gobain / Norton Company
06.1998 - 07.1999
Masters of Mechanical Engineering -
Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Materials Engineering -
Rutgers University
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