A longtime leader in the Maritime space, Kevin J. Thompson is Director of Product Operations at Fincantieri Marine Systems North America, which offers products and services to the Department of Defense for use in homeland security and for commercial business alike. Mr. Thompson previously led Estimation at shipping titan Vigor, was a Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, in the U.S. Coast Guard, and holds a BEng with Honours in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Newcastle University in the U.K. When he's not designing propulsion systems for DoD, you can find him tooling around the coast near Jacksonville in his Jeep with his girlfriend and his pup.