To be a partner with KittyHawk, you have to like what you do and do it well. We live and breathe this stuff, and we enjoy doing it. When we hire, we look for people like ourselves. We are excited about the pace of innovation and the competitive edge we experience with our clients.

In memory of Greg Kyprios, Founder

Greg was not only the founder of KittyHawk, but also a brilliant mind, a gracious heart, and a true patriot. Greg led KittyHawk from startup through dozens of engagements for clients in innovation industries. Prior to founding KittyHawk, Greg was chosen and served as the CEO of a US/French software developer, Sensoria Technology, where he built and led a team that raised initial funding from UK investors, developed and launched the first commercial product, established US offices, and established the operating infrastructure that serves as its current foundation. His previous experience included building and leading an aerospace and high tech consulting practice with Kaiser Associates, where he aided clients with market entry, benchmarking/best practices, competitive strategy, and investment decisions. His consulting background included a stint with KPMG Peat Marwick's Economic Value Management group and A.T. Kearney's Aerospace Aviation and Defense Practice, where, among other things, he helped shape joint ventures, assessed markets, and led teams performing Business Process Reengineering and Activity Based Costing in Europe and the U.S.

Immediately after university, Greg served in the U.S. Army in Europe and the Persian Gulf with the 3rd Battalion 20th Field Artillery, a unit reputed to have travelled further and fired more rounds than any other Field Artillery battalion during the Gulf War.

Greg's education included an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BA, also from Duke University. Greg was an instrument rated private pilot.

Arthur (Sandy) Lee, Director

Sandy has developed new business strategies; built sound business foundations; managed acquisitions, divestiture and post-merger integration activities; developed staff; and restructured businesses in a career that has included both management consulting and executive leadership, exemplifying the combination of theoretical and operational experience and skills KittyHawk Partners values.

Prior to joining KittyHawk Partners, Sandy led teams and managed client relationships as a Principal in the Aviation, Aerospace and Defense Practice at the management consulting firm of A.T. Kearney. He provided consulting services in the areas of business strategy, financial management, operational improvement, supply chain management, integrated program management/ product development, and aftermarket management. He helped establish a new business within A.T. Kearney, the Enterprise Services Transformation Practice, where he helped develop enterprise transformation, performance measurement, corporate governance, and shared services methodologies. He served as part of the leadership team for the Client Solutions Group, an EDS/ A.T. Kearney/ PLM cooperative effort to develop industry-focused and CEO issue-based solutions drawing upon bundled capabilities across EDS. Sandy's consulting assignments have included market analyses, assessments of commercial opportunities for military technologies, and competitive, cost, and market positioning efforts. He led several large-scale enterprise transformations that produced dramatic improvements to core processes and functions and demonstrably improved competitive and financial performance, several of which were the largest ever successfully undertaken in the turbine engines business.

Sandy's experience as an operator includes serving as Senior Vice President Finance and CFO at CAE Link. He was hired by Canadian parent CAE to restructure Link's operations and organization, including consolidation of facilities and strengthening of financial management in a post-merger and U.S. Government litigation environment. The company was restructured to half its former size, yet achieved acquisition profitability goals and greatly improved balance sheet and cash flow performance. Before CAE-Link, Sandy was Vice President Finance at Dalmo Victor and Aerospace Group Controller at Textron. At Dalmo Victor, he also managed divestiture and post-merger activities, as Dalmo Victor was successively owned by Textron, The Singer Company, BiCoastal, and General Instrument.

Sandy's education includes an MBA from Harvard Business School, a BA from Ripon College, and CPA certification.

Alex Schoder, Principal

Alex Schoder is a Principal with KittyHawk Partners. In addition to developing and maintaining client relationships , he manages KittyHawk Partners engagements and works on all aspects of project outputs and delivery.

Alex has delivered value in engagements for a range of aerospace and defense industry leaders, from defense electronics to combat aircraft. His project experience includes such work as commercial due diligence, market entry analysis, and competitive analysis.

Prior to joining KittyHawk Partners, Alex worked at Adventis, where he advised clients in telecommunications, computing, and other high-technology industries. Prior to joining Adventis, he served at Kaiser Associates as a Managing Consultant, where he worked for Fortune 500 Aerospace & Defense and High-Technology clients, and at Andersen’s Business Consulting Division in Europe. Alex is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service where he earned a degree in International Politics focused on military security.

David Moon, Principal

David is a Principal with KittyHawk Partners. His projects have included market and campaign analyses for combat aircraft and high tech defense solutions. David joined KittyHawk Partners after his tenure in the automotive industry. David developed market strategies for Ford Racing and supported business and marketing operations at Ford's Special Vehicle Team. Prior to Ford Racing, David worked in various product development, manufacturing, and homologation engineering roles at Ford and General Motors.

David holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. His education also includes a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and a Master's in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is an avid enthusiast of high-performance vehicles, with his personal project car featured in SuperStreet magazine.

Caroline Moon, Managing Consultant

Caroline is a Managing Consultant with KittyHawk Partners. Her project work has addressed telemetry, communications, fighter, aftermarket, and missiles/smart weapons topic areas, as well as competitive assessments, market sizing and analysis, and investment support assignments. Prior to joining KittyHawk, Caroline acquired operating experience as the general manager of a multi-million dollar international trade corporation, with responsibilities including strategy development, business development, and operations design and oversight. She also led teams for software development and systems integration, as well as writing code herself, while working with Nelnet, a leading educational finance company, and with CIBER, an E-business end-to-end solutions provider for many Fortune 500 companies. Caroline delivered value for clients like Citibank that require high levels of data security and integrity.

Caroline earned her BA in International Political Economy from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and her MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Subject Matter Experts

KittyHawk has assembled a select few subject matter experts into a network to support specific client needs. Augmenting the core team with their special knowledge supports our ability to remain lean and fast without sacrificing capability. Among the experience bases and areas of expertise they cover are:

Venture Capital

Capture Planning

Software Development

Investment Analysis

New Media

Activity Based Costing

Price-to-Win

Researchers & Consultants

KittyHawk Partners are supported by a small number of researchers and consultants with excellent academic backgrounds, relevant skills, and language abilities. However every engagement receives A-team attention, and at least one partner is intimately involved in actual development and delivery of every project.