Joel Klooster

About Joel Klooster

I am passionate about building world class leadership teams for technology businesses to drive unique value for our customers. As an impactful, data-driven executive and global technology leader, I have found repeated success in applying Lean Startup and Scientific Process - hypothesis, test, validate/refine/pivot - techniques to identify unmet customer needs and create competitive differentiators for our businesses. I believe that taking care of customers and employees first and foremast will ultimately result in exceptional growth and loyalty. I have had the exceptional privilege to learn from world class leaders, and apply lean management techniques such as OKRs,\"Embrace the Red\", Go to Gemba, and relentless focus on the right mix of leading and lagging KPIs. I build strong business strategies and product roadmaps to capture new market opportunities, and align and motivate my teams to execute on these strategies.AREAS OF EXPERTISE Agile P&L leadershipGrowth HackingTeam Leadership & DevelopmentCross-Functional CollaborationContinuous ImprovementBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsStrategic PlanningTechnology Growth Strategy

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Aircraft Operations & Advanced Air Mobility

   Viasat

   Sep 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Defined new metrics and KPIs and instituted lean operating model, coaching and mentoring business development team, exceeding revenue and EBITDA targets- Defined new product roadmap and partnerships for new Advanced Air Mobility (Commercial UAV) market, successfully entering fast-growing adjacent market segment as new market leader.

Education

• Quantic School of Business and Technology

  Executive MBA

• Calvin University

  B.S.E., Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  M.S.E, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Skills

• Software Development
• Internet of Things
• Proposal Writing
• Aviation
• Embedded Software
• Aerospace
• Software Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Program Management
• System Architecture
• Matlab
• Do-178b
• Technical Management
• Technology Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Technical Writing
• Systems Engineering
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Flight Test
• System Design
• Requirements Management
• Project Management
• Avionics
• Business Strategy
• Air Traffic Control
• Embedded Systems
• Data Science
• Integration
• Big Data