Kevin J. Kennedy

Kevin J. Kennedy joined the Warriors4Wireless team in February, 2017 and was appointed as the W4W President and CEO later that year. Kevin is focused upon shaping W4W into a self-sustaining organization so it can continue its valuable service to veterans and the wireless industry. Toward this end, he has overseen the expansion and broadening of W4W course offerings to reflect industry needs while enhancing timely placement rates. He has simultaneously established a strong direct placement process to continue to grow the number of veterans assisted each year.

Prior to his time at W4W Kevin served for six years at Textron Systems primarily as the Vice President for International Business and as a member of their Executive Leadership Team. Before joining Textron, Kevin served in the Air Force for 32 years. He accumulated over 3,600 hours of operational flying including 145 hours of combat flight. He also worked extensively in the wired/wireless world which the military calls Command and Control, Communications and Computers (C4). He held positions with responsibility for articulating overarching Air Force and Joint C4 requirements including the rapid growth of remotely-piloted aircraft and associated Air Force operation center modernizations. From July 2007 to July 2008 Kevin served as the senior in-country AF officer and advisor to the Commander of U.S. (and NATO) forces in Afghanistan. Kevin retired as a Major General in 2010.

Kevin is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy; has Master’s degrees from Central Michigan University and the U.S. Naval War College plus a one year National Security Fellowship at Harvard University. Kevin is a Christian man striving to serve wherever God leads.