Kenneth Nelson
Senior Technical Program Manager at Northrop Grumman
Oceanside, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKenneth Nelson is a Senior Technical Program Manager with 15+ years in aerospace and defense, now leading programs at Anduril after driving major initiatives at Northrop Grumman and General Atomics. He has managed and shaped over $680M in development and sustainment contracts and directly led programs responsible for multi-hundred-million-dollar awards and measurable profitability improvements. Known for blending systems engineering rigor, EVMS discipline, and supply-chain savvy, he has repeatedly shortened proposal cycles, improved forecasting, and delivered double-digit cost savings. His career began as an IPD project manager redesigning satellite hardware for L3/Harris—a hands-on start that explains his persistent focus on practical, customer-facing solutions for the warfighter. Based in Oceanside, CA, he pairs technical depth (MS in Industrial & Systems Engineering) with sales and contracting chops to turn complex defense requirements into repeatable, profitable programs.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering, Master in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering at University of Florida
English, Spanish
Github Skills (59)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nelsonkd/nelsonkd.github.io
Feb 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
kenatibm/Interconnect-2017
Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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