Thomas Kiss
Director for Ship Management, Military Sealift Command
- Role
- Director, Ship Management at US Navy
- Location
- Norfolk City County, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Thomas Kiss
Experienced leader, strategic planner, and communicator with over two decades of experience leading high performing teams and working with senior levels of the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense, and the United States Congress. Core competencies include military operations, ship maintenance and repair, requirements generation, concept development, experimentation, modeling & simulation, engineering management, and legislative affairs.
Experience
Director, Ship Management
Mar 2022 — Present · Norfolk, VA, US
Provides executive leadership and business management of over 125 ships across nine ship programs for Military Sealift Command (MSC)- Leads life cycle management, ship readiness, maintenance & repair, and logistics support for MSC\'s ships while managing a $3B direct cost authority- Generates ready ships for operational use including underway replenishment to Navy ships, specialized services, and ocean transportation & prepositioning of equipment, fuel, provisions, and ammunition worldwide for all military services and defense agencies during peacetime and in war.
Education
United States Naval Academy
B.S., Naval Architecture
1984 — 1988
Naval Nuclear Power Program
Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Power
1990 — 1990
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Seminar XXI Program Fellow
2005 — 2005
U.S. Naval War College
JPME I
1994 — 1996
National Defense University
Joint Professional Military Education Phase II (JPME II)
2000 — 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
1988 — 1989
Skills
- Intelligence Analysis
- Electronic Warfare
- Dod
- National Security
- Interagency Coordination
- Security Clearance
- Program Management
- Intelligence
- Nuclear
- Organizational Leadership
- Military Training
- Military Experience
- Operational Planning
- Military
- Nuclear Engineering
- Force Protection
- Readiness
- U.s. Department of Defense
- Nato
- Military Operations
- Legislative Affairs
- Ship Construction, Modernization, & Repair
- Navy
- C4isr
- Joint Military Operations
- Leadership
- Air and Missile Defense
- Information Assurance
- Command
- Top Secret
- Government Contracting
- Tactics
- Weapons
- Maritime Security
- Defense
- Strategic Planning
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