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Greg McConnell – President

Greg is Kilda Group’s President. He brings a successful track record of effectively managing people, processes, and technology; his professional experience includes working with Fortune 100 companies and federal agencies in planning, executing, transitioning, and maintaining business modernization systems. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Greg served in a variety of demanding billets in the U.S. Navy surface warfare community. His Navy background includes shipboard engineer and U.S. Naval Academy course chairman and instructor. Greg’s civilian background includes business development for a start-up company focused on E-Government procurement initiatives and project management for RWD Technologies prior to taking the helm at Kilda Group. Greg is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and is certified in Prosci ADKAR Change Management. He has over 15 years of project and program management experience; his representative clients include U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, CDC, IRS, DOI, The Port Authority of NY & NJ, MassMutual Financial Group, BASF, Johnson & Johnson, and DuPont. Greg lives in Annapolis and enjoys volunteering with local area youth athletic programs.

John Hopkins – Vice President

John is Kilda Group’s Vice President and IRS account manager. His support includes actively providing client program management services, IT transition management services, business development, account stability and growth, and quality assurance. John brings 18 years of program and technical leadership. He spent 11 years working across 3 different sectors at Northrop Grumman as well as 3 years in a joint venture with Lockheed Martin as the Deputy Vice President of Operations. A veteran, John's Naval career included his role as a Navy Nuclear Power Engineer and then as an instructor of Engineering for the US Naval Academy. John has served in progressive leadership roles across several complex systems integration projects and include the successful program management of large systems integration and IT programs portfolios. He recently completed a successful international assignment where he managed the European public safety operating unit that included implementation of a mission critical computer aided dispatch system for the London Ambulance Service as well as several biometric identification programs for UK Policing agencies. John lives in Annapolis and is active on several philanthropic and educational boards to include the Friends Foundation and the University of Maryland Systems Engineering Advisory Board.

Kelley McConnell – Director of Finance & Operations

Kelley founded Kilda Group in 2001 after working in and witnessing industry’s and government’s strained attempts to implement business systems modernizations through IT-based technical solutions while insufficiently addressing and preparing their critical success factors - their people and processes. Kilda Group became a company that helps organizations close this gap by using technology as an enabler rather than a stand-alone solution. Kelley currently serves as Director of Finance & Operations where she is responsible for Kilda Group's finance, contracts, and human resources functions. In addition, she has provided onsite client transition management services, training, and program management services to federal, state, and commercial clients. Having worked for Ernst & Young LLP, eFederal Systems, Vocus, and as an independent contractor, Kelley’s background includes IT management consulting, technical training, data conversion, and business development. Kelley is a native of Rice Lake, Wisconsin and holds a Bachelors of Science in Management Systems from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE).