Keith Thompson, PMP
Director of Launch Strategy & Business Development for Civil Programs at Terran Orbital Corporation- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Federal Acquisition Certification - Program/Project Managers
Office of Management and BudgetMay, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Project Management Professional
Project Management InstituteSep, 2012- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Terran Orbital Corporation
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Director of Launch Strategy & Business Development for Civil Programs
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Mar 2022 - Present
Lead business development initiatives: Direct cross-functional teams, ensuring excellence in business development and capture efforts. Apply market analysis to inform strategic plans, optimize budget allocations, and identify new growth areas, aligning with senior leadership to achieve goals. Cultivate internal relationships and influence strategy: Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders within a matrix structure. Collaborate effectively with counterparts, contributing to enterprise-scale campaigns and supporting overarching space strategy. Maintain high-level customer engagement, promote positive company perception, and establish Terran Orbital as an industry expert through seminars, forums, and conference participation. Work closely with internal departments to implement comprehensive growth strategies. Show less
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Tyvak, a Terran Orbital Company
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United States
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Aviation & Aerospace
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Launch Operations
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Jul 2021 - Present
Negotiate launch agreements and oversee launch programs: Successfully negotiate launch contracts for Tyvak satellites, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage customer interactions, oversee launch reviews, and ensure compliance with safety regulations. Track export and regulatory needs, manage launch hardware production, budget, and scheduling activities. Provide leadership and program updates: Lead launch team and program managers, offer status updates to executive leadership, contribute to continuous technology and process improvements, and travel to customer spacecraft or launch service provider locations for launch operations. Show less
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AST, Technical Management
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Apr 2013 - Jul 2021
As an Aerospace Technologist (AST) specializing in Technical Management, I served as a formulation consultant in planning, monitoring, and administering projects of national or international significance characterized by a constantly and sometimes greatly changing physical environment, critical problems, or other variables critical to the development of New Business opportunities for suborbital and orbital scientific missions at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. I provided insight into the development and management of policies, procedures, and operational schedules necessary for new and ongoing New Business processes. I managed overall development efforts for a significant and complex set of Suborbital and Special Orbital Project Directorate (SSOPD) proposals. I served as an authoritative source of information for decisions and guidance concerning changes in proposal objectives relating to the management of the total proposal effort. I helped with setting the organizational climate for the overall effort, establishing strategic direction and political approaches along with evaluating and helping develop policy. I helped plan, develop, and negotiate budget and resource allocations in support of the proposals. I supported the requirements development and the initial design and modification efforts as necessary, coordinating within the SSOPD to establish content, cost, schedule of products, deliverables, and services providing insight to the Directorate proposal efforts for New Business products. I also was responsible for formulating and negotiating agreements and plans for institutional support of proposal activities. I managed the entire portfolio for the facilities support to the United State Air Force / Space Force including suborbital and orbital space launches as well as additional technical support for ground operations and technical analysis. Show less
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Range Operations Contract Engineering Manager
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Aug 2010 - Apr 2013
Engineering Management and Leadership for the Range Operations Contract (ROC) at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The engineering team was approximately 30 engineers supporting all aspects of the launch range in all disciplines of engineering including electrical systems, mechanical systems, and software systems.Our team also supporting technology development projects engineering for enhancing space based range communications on launch vehicles, both suborbital and orbital.The team also provided mission engineering support to the project managers for complex operation missions on the launch range. Show less
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Engineering Manager
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Dec 2009 - Sep 2010
Management and Leadership of the Hardware Engineering Team for the Near Earth Network Services (NENS) contract at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. This group was approximately 15 engineers providing support to the Range and Mission Management Office (RMMO) and the NASA Ground Network (GN).The team was responsible for sustaining the instrumentation hardware (telemetry systems, radar systems, command systems, safety support systems, etc.) in support of all GN across the agency and Launch Range operations at the center.The team also provided support for all the upgrades and enhancements of instrumentation on the launch rage and the ground network. Show less
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Project Manager
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Jun 2008 - Jan 2010
Project Management and Leadership of the technology development team responsible for maintaining scope, cost, and schedule for different types of contracts and projects. This team was approximately 3-7 engineers and technicians. Contract types include fixed priced contracts for system and hardware development as well as time & material contracts for more complex developments and technology enhancements.The technology focus areas were configurable / programmable transmitters and transceivers as well as Autonomous Flight Termination Systems. Show less
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Electrical Systems Engineer
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Jun 2006 - Jun 2008
Part of a strong development team providing electrical engineering support for design and testing of RF communication systems for many different applications.The types of applications were in support of suborbital payloads, sounding rockets, and expendable launch vehicles.Also provided leadership and management of the design, assembly, integration, and testing of low cost transmitters and transceivers for over the horizon communications through TDRSS and / or ground assets.
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Swales Aerospace
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Electrical Engineer
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May 2004 - Jun 2006
Electrical Engineering support providing design, assembly, integration, and testing of small satellite test beds. This provides satellite vehicles the ability to analyze performance utilizing the housekeeping data systems as designed. I also directly supported the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Power Systems team, providing testing and analysis to the power conditioning system for the spacecraft. Electrical Engineering support providing design, assembly, integration, and testing of small satellite test beds. This provides satellite vehicles the ability to analyze performance utilizing the housekeeping data systems as designed. I also directly supported the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Power Systems team, providing testing and analysis to the power conditioning system for the spacecraft.
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Education
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2009 - 2011
University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Project Management -
2002 - 2005
University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering
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