K.C. Madsen

Program Director

• Direct a 24+ engineer AI / OSINT R&D organization building production data-collection pipelines across a multi-cloud stack spanning AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, and IBM; text, audio, and video at scale for long-term exploitation.
• Spearheaded innovation program that closed collection gaps by incorporating cutting-edge cloud service technology and in-house applications for improved web scraping and data quality.
• Automated internal financial forecasting, improving annual LOE target-tracking accuracy by 0.01% of contractual requirements and cutting year-over-year over-expenditures by 0.86%.
• Partner with government stakeholders to build multi-year program roadmaps in alignment with strategic mission objectives.

Systems Engineer

• Drove identification and evaluation of transformational technologies through active research and engagement with commercial, academic, and vendor partners — informing 3–5 year technology roadmaps for IC initiatives.
• Served as proxy Product Owner for the Government Technical Director, running vendor engagements, technology demonstrations, program reviews, and system design sessions.
• Led characterization and assessment of delivered prototypes, advising the government on fit-for-purpose and adoption decisions.

Systems Engineer / Solutions Architect / Software Development Manager

• Led a 25-engineer team; drove CI/CD and test-automation adoption.
• Tech volume lead for a $70M re-compete and BAA capture opportunities.

ByLight Professional IT Services — Director, Application Services — shipped DISA Global Video Services apps to 25,000+ DoD users.

Altamira Technologies — Director — DPM for $30M Army cloud analytics program; grew DIA program revenue 125%.

United States Navy — Naval Flight Officer — 10-year career with multiple combat zone deployments.