Ms. Kristin Wilson

Ms. Wilson is a results-driven business leader with a career defined by successfully navigating and leading within high-stakes industries, including aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing. As the Managing Partner/CEO of CiPro Technology Solutions, she now channels her extensive background in contracts, compliance, and strategic growth to help businesses capture opportunities in the federal and commercial sectors.

Her distinguished career spans aerospace, defense, firearms, and manufacturing industries, marked by a consistent record of driving growth, ensuring compliance, and forging strategic partnerships. Her leadership is not only data-driven but also mission-focused, as demonstrated when she funded and mobilized resources to develop and deliver FDA-authorized N95-type masks to frontline healthcare workers at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Wilson combines her deep regulatory knowledge with a passion for creative problem-solving to deliver exceptional results for her clients and stakeholders.

Her career reflects a clear trajectory of increasing responsibility and impact. While at GKN Aerospace, first as Director of Commercial and later as Director of US Space & Defense, Ms. Wilson spearheaded the implementation of FAR-compliant rates and developed innovative, multi-million-dollar cost-saving solutions, including an additive manufacturing process for tooling that saved over $10 million annually and mitigated production interruption and quality defects. She successfully mitigated $1.5 million in pandemic-related material impacts. Prior to GKN, Ms. Wilson served as the Director of Military Programs, Contracts & Compliance for Colt Defense. In this role, she led the successful recapture of the U.S. Army's $212 million M4 Carbine contract, a landmark achievement highlighting her expertise in capture management and government relations.

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Ms. Wilson's tenure across other leadership roles, from Barnes Group to Hamilton Sundstrand, has been marked by tangible successes, such as implementing federally regulated compliance policies and operational procedures, improving proposal OTD from 52% to 97% and drastically reducing accounts receivable from $2.3 million to under $200k. These experiences have honed her ability to lead global teams, manage multi-million-dollar programs, and ensure rigorous compliance with regulations like FAR, DFARS and ITAR.

Holding a Bachelor's in Global Business Management and advanced certifications in Government & Commercial Contract Management from Villanova University, Ms. Wilson possesses a unique blend of strategic vision, contractual mastery, and a relentless drive to solve complex problems and deliver for the mission.

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Key Accomplishments:

• Leadership: Formed and led a Consortium made up of academia and industry dedicated to advancing the TRL for wearable biometrics and textile coatings for Warfighter protection, with a particular emphasis on military uniforms and wearable systems.

• Capture Management: Led the successful recapture of the $212M M4 Carbine IDIQ contract with the U.S. Army.

• Cost Savings & Innovation: Developed an additive manufacturing solution to refurbish tooling, resulting in estimated annual savings of over $10M (40-60% off replacement costs).

• Risk Mitigation: Successfully mitigated $1.5M in material cost impacts due to pandemic-related supply chain disruptions.

• Process Improvement: Drove proposal on-time delivery rates from 52% to 97% and reduced accounts receivable from $2.3M to $196k in a prior role.

• Compliance & Strategy: Implemented FAR-compliant rates, DPAS processes, and small business programs to enable defense business expansion and ensure full regulatory compliance.

• Business Development: Developed strategic capture plans for clients, one resulting in SBA set aside capture of 1.8m annually, increased one client's revenue by 20% and another's customer base by 25%. 

• Crisis Leadership: Initiated and led the manufacturing of masks, secured FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), and the distribution of N95-type face masks to local hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contact

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kwilson@ciprotechsolutions.com

(305) 429-3186