Steve Kiser

General Partner

Veteran Ventures Capital · San Diego, CA

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Helping veteran-started/veteran-owned companies supporting US national security succeed.

Chief Executive Officer

Phase Four · Hawthorne, California, United States

Board Member

Phase Four · Hawthorne, California, United States

Phase Four develops and builds innovative in-space propulsion systems for VLEO, LEO and cis-lunar missions.

Founder and Director

KDS Insights

Vice President, Engineering and Analysis

Valiant Integrated Services · San Diego, California, United States

I lead Valiant Integrated Service's Engineering and Analysis End Market, focusing on test & evaluation, electronic warfare, Combatant Command support, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, supporting Naval Warfare Development Centers, and Army/Navy/Air Force Research Laboratories. We are rapidly expanding into high-end engineer & analysis offerings, including artificial intelligence, deep learning, neuroscience-based human performance analysis, autonomy, and manned/unmanned solutions. Responsible for 400+ personnel and a $3.5B+ pipeline.

Senior Program Manager

Valiant Integrated Services · Camp Smith, Hawaii

I have the privilege of leading Valiant Integrated Services' team of 100+ professionals supporting US Pacific Command. Responsible for talent acquisition and development; client deliverables; finding, shaping, pursuing and winning new opportunities; and community engagement. Our team is experience 100%+ growth year-over-year, where we have authored 41 successful proposals in the last 7 years, obtaining nearly $144M in innovation-related funds in the process. We were also named one of 6 primes in the $900M, 10-year Joint Test & Evaluation IDIQ, which started this summer. We're always looking for ORSAs, statisticians, Lean Six Sigma black belts, operators with experience in electronic warfare, C4ISR, 5th generation platforms, and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief. (Cubic Global Defense Services Division was acquired by Valiant Integrated Services on June 1st--same position, different company.)

Senior Program Manager

Cubic Global Defense · Camp Smith, Hawaii

Senior Program Manager

CUBIC Global Defense · Camp Smith, Hawaii

Manage the efforts of Cubic Global Defense services offerings within the Asia-Pacific. Leads ~80 professionals across 8 work centers. Lead author or capture manager on successful contract vehicle proposals exceeding $1 billion, including serving as lead author and capture manager for Cubic's successful bid for the $900M Joint Test & Evaluation Program. This position includes leading teams focusing on DoD-wide innovation; cutting-edge air and sea domain technologies; special operations innovation; operational test and evaluation; energy efficiency; big data analytics and deep learning; humanitarian assistance/disaster relief; allied out-reach efforts; media analysis; exercises; advanced sensors and data architecture; and forecasting and scenario building. I'm always looking to make new relationships with other organizations with either interesting problems or interesting ideas!

Senior Innovation Analyst for Pacific Command

CUBIC Global Defense · Camp Smith, Hawaii

I am a senior innovation analyst for US Pacific Command, where I look for and analyze game-changing technologies or process overhauls that lead to out-sized operational impacts, large financial savings, or organizational acceleration. I also focus extensively on organizational adaptation, so that such innovations are successfully adopted by the broader Pacific Command Staff, it's components, and subordinate units. I've identified multiple innovative solutions for the Department of Defense, authoring 26 successful proposals in six years, obtaining nearly $104M in innovation-related funds in the process. I serve as the lead proposal writer for Cubic in Hawaii, developing or participating on teams winning eight of nine contract vehicles on which we bid, to capture contract vehicles totaling nearly $122M. I'm currently leading our contract vehicle pursuit effort, with nearly $550M of contract vehicles in our CY18 pipeline. As an innovation analysis, I also participate in Cubic's internal i…

Director of Federal Programs / Regional Sales Manager

EnerNOC · Alexandria, VA

Managed 8 Business Development Managers covering a 19-state sales region. Exceeded 1-year revenue goals by nearly 40%, and helped implement a company-wide federal demand response program impacting 33 federal facilities, and returning nearly $4M in demand response savings to Departments of Defense, Energy and Homeland Security.

Special Assistant to the Chairman

Joint Staff (Chairman's Action Group)

Advises the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on a broad range of national security policies. Interacts with a broad range of organizations both inside and outside the government to solicit inputs on key issues. Authors strategic guidance on behalf of the Chairman, and represents the Chairman on national guidance documents to include the National Security Strategy, Quadrenniel Defense Review, National Defense Strategy and various posture reviews. Provides input to Congressional testimony and testimony preparation. Provides other products to the Chairman at his direction.

Executive Assistant

Joint Staff

Ran front office operations providing administrative and personnel support to the Director of Intelligence, Joint Staff, Pentagon, and three additional Principals. Managed calendars, information flow, meeting preparations. Interactions included the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Congress, 8 other Joint Directorates, Service Intelligence Chiefs, and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Supervised four personnel.

Defense Chief, Iraq Threat Finance Cell

Multi-National Forces, Iraq

Co-led, with Treasury Department, a specialized 38-person interagency group assigned to find, deny and disrupt finances supporting terrorist and insurgent groups operating in Iraq. Authored operational plans, fragmentary orders, intelligence reports and briefings provided to Congress, the Commander of Multi-National Forces-Iraq and his staff, deployed military forces, and the Government of Iraq. Coordinated activities with elements of the National Security Council and the intelligence community. Created and provided specialized training to US and Iraqi personnel.