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He also serves on the Board of Trustees of LMI; the Proxy Board for DRS Technologies; the Advisory Board of Enlightenment Capital; is an Executive-in-Residence at Renaissance Strategic Advisors; and is a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Center for Naval Analyses.

Ken Krieg runs Samford Global Strategies, a consulting practice focused on helping clients lead and manage through periods of strategic change.

Master in Public Policy, Harvard University.

Career

Various defense & foreign policy positions, Washington. Ken sits on several Boards of Directors – API Technologies; Twisted Pair Solutions; Aurora Flight Sciences; and JackBe. Ken is a member of the Board of Directors and Lead Independent Director of BWX Technologies, the Chairman of the Board of LMI, and on the boards of Lenovo US and Nexen US.

He is also a member of the SSA Board for GlobalFoundries and the Proxy Board for Leonardo DRS Technologies. Before moving to industry, Ken worked in a number of defense and foreign policy assignments in Washington, DC, including positions at the White House, on the National Security Council Staff, and in Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Ken received his BA degree in history from Davidson College and his Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

He is also an Executive in Residence with Renaissance Strategic Advisors.

He received his BA degree in history from Davidson College and his Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In that role, Ken was responsible for advising the Secretary of Defense on all matters relating to the DoD acquisition system, research and development, advanced technology, developmental test and evaluation, production, logistics, installation management, military construction, procurement, environmental security, nuclear, chemical, and biological matters.

Background

Krieg, Kenneth Joseph was born in 1961.

Kenneth Joseph Krieg

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federal agency administrator

Kenneth Joseph Krieg, former federal agency administrator. Prior to founding Samford, Ken served in a number of defense and foreign policy capacities, most recently as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Director for Program Analysis & Evaluation; Executive Secretary of the Department of Defense Senior Executive Council; and positions at the White House and the National Security Council Staff.

Recipient Alumni Service award, Davidson College, 2003. Ken is a senior fellow at CSIS and a member of the Enlightenment Capital Board of Advisors.

Ken previously served as the United States Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics from June 2005 to July 2007.

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Ken is the founder of Samford Global Strategies, a consulting practice that specializes in helping companies manage strategic change. Ken also has extensive private sector experience where he served as Vice President and General Manager of International Paper’s $1.4 billion Office and Consumer Papers Division.

Executive secretary senior executive council (Securities and Exchange Commission) United States Department Defense, Washington, 2001, special assistant to secretary, director program analysis and evaluation, under secretary for acquisition, technical & logistics, 2005—2007.

Achievements

Kenneth Joseph Krieg has been listed as a noteworthy federal agency administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Anne Hurt Krieg.

Spouse:

Anne Hurt Krieg.

Education

Bachelor, Davidson College, 1983. Various marketing & sales positions including vice president and general manager office and consumer papers division International Paper Company, Stamford, Connecticut, 1990—2001.

Before his appointment to USD (AT&L), Ken served at the Department of Defense as Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director for Program Analysis & Evaluation, and as the Executive Secretary of the Senior Executive Council (SEC).

Prior to joining the Department of Defense, Ken worked for International Paper as Vice President and General Manager of the Office and Consumer Papers Division.