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Kevin  Wray

Kevin Wray

Fresno,CA

Summary

Have worked with law enforcement and military for the past 20 years traveling directly to their locations to provide training and support. Very comfortable communicating with internal technical teams as well as non-technical final users of our products. Able to create custom training materials, personally delivery engaging and live instruction, as well as develop and lead other members of the training team.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager of Training and Adoption

Anduril Industries
05.2020 - 08.2024
  • Traveled to customer site locations around the world to provide live training and master their workflows, which were then used to design and develop Anduril's first training curricula, with consideration of e-learning modules, instructor-led courses, simulations, and practical hands-on.
  • Recruit and manage the team of skilled educators and trainers to support live onsite training and assist the Product Engineers to shape the systems.

Head of Onboarding

Palantir Technologies Inc.
04.2016 - 04.2020
  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive onboarding program that increased employee retention by 15% in the first 90 days.
  • Led the onboarding instruction delivered to over 500 new joiners, reducing onboarding time by 30% and improving Pulse survey satisfaction scores.

Deployment Strategiest (Echo)

Palantir Technologies Inc.
10.2012 - 04.2016
  • Embedded onsite with LAPD, Cook County Sheriff, Sacramento Sheriff, as well Military and other Intelligence Agencies to understand their critical workflows and develop solutions our systems could provide.
  • Lead training sessions to ensure that the product is meeting user needs and having concrete impact on their operations.

Emergency Manager (3E9)

Air Force
09.2001 - 10.2010
  • NCOIC for the base Emergency Management departments of the 144th Fighter Wing and 129th Combat Search & Rescue. Leading a team of 7 NCOs to operate the intelligence collection and dissemination in both the J2 and J3 sections.
  • Awarded the Army Commendation Medal for collaboration on the emergency response plans used in Federal and State responses post 9-11.

Education

MBA - General Management

Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
05-2022

Advanced Technical Project Manager -

Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
12-2016

Bachelor of Science - Finance

California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA
05-2005

Skills

  • Top Secret Security Clearance (SCI)
  • Certified Corporate Trainer (CCT)
  • Certified Project Manager (CPM)
  • Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
  • Toastmasters Competent Communicator
  • Atlassian, Github, Slack, Asana, Airtable, Google Suite, MS Office

Timeline

Senior Manager of Training and Adoption

Anduril Industries
05.2020 - 08.2024

Head of Onboarding

Palantir Technologies Inc.
04.2016 - 04.2020

Deployment Strategiest (Echo)

Palantir Technologies Inc.
10.2012 - 04.2016

Emergency Manager (3E9)

Air Force
09.2001 - 10.2010

MBA - General Management

Pepperdine University

Advanced Technical Project Manager -

Stanford University

Bachelor of Science - Finance

California State University, Fresno
Kevin Wray