Ricky Freeman
President, KGS, LLC and Vice President, Amazon’s Kuiper Government Solutions
Ricky Freeman has over 20 years of leadership experience in defense & aerospace.
He is presently the President, KGS, LLC and Vice President for Amazon’s Kuiper Government Solutions. The Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) org is responsible for end-to-end broadband connectivity across all domains (sea, air, land, space and cyber) through Kuiper’s space network in support of global Government customer’s data transport needs.
Prior to his role at Amazon, Ricky served as President, Defense & Space for Honeywell, leading a global business with annual revenues in excess of $6.6Billion.
His prior executive roles include Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space & Security; Vice President, Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Senior Director of Naval Programs for DRS Finmeccanica.
Ricky is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he served as a naval aviator and weapons systems program manager.
He completed his undergraduate studies at The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
He completed his executive graduate studies at the Wharton Business School. He is certified Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.
Ricky serves on the Board of Directors for the Red Tails Scholarship Foundation and Red Tails Flight Academy, a non-profit organization chartered to increase career opportunities in aviation and aerospace for minority + under-served communities by funding private pilot licensure and aircraft maintenance certification.
Ricky is an avid outdoorsman and sports enthusiast. His interests include mountain climbing, trekking, weight training, iron man, endurance events, biking, survival training, cross fit, boxing, kickboxing, and professional sports. His other interests include aviation, painting, reading, and playing the piano.
He is husband to his wife of 30 years and father to two daughters.