Michael Defede Email & Phone Number
Co-Founder @ Swift Ascent
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Michael Defede Location
- Virginia, United States
Michael Defede Work
- 2025 -now Co-Founder @
- 2024 -now Investor and Advisor @
- 2023 -now Founding Partner and Senior Consultant @ Periscope
- 2020 -2023 Senior Vice President @
- 2017 -2023 President @ Intelligent Shift
- 2014 -2017 Vice President @
- 2013 -2014 Program Director @
- 2010 -2013 Program Director @ The SI Organization, Inc
- 2001 -2010 Deputy Director @
- 2007 -2010 Senior Program Manager @
- 2005 -2007 Engineering Manager @
- 2004 -2005 Systems Engineer @
- 2001 -2004 ELDP @
- 1992 -2001 CTO and Software Engineering and Website Design and On-air @
Michael Defede Education
- Virginia Tech
MS (Systems Engineering)
2001-2004 - West Virginia University
Bachelor of Science (BS) (Computer Engineering)
Michael Defede Skills
- Systems Engineering
- Program Management
- Security Clearance
- Requirements Management
- Engineering Management
- Information Assurance
- Space Systems
- Integration
- System Architecture
- Aerospace
- Government Contracting
- DoD
- Earned Value Management
- System Design
- Electronic Warfare
- Government
- Project Management
- Satellite
- Defense
- Engineering
- Computer Security
- Management
- Air Force
- Process Improvement
- Requirements Analysis
- Proposal Writing
- Technical Leadership
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- PMP
- Radar
- Software Engineering
- Spacecraft
- Systems Design
- Operations
- Leadership
- Business Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Cross Functional Team Leadership
- Public Speaking
- Customer Service
- Program Manager
- Startups
- PMI
- C++
Michael Defede Summary
- Michael Defede, based in Virginia, United States, is currently a Co-Founder at Swift Ascent. Michael Defede brings experience from previous roles at Scare the Bear Capital, Periscope, VT Group (VTG) and Intelligent Shift. Michael Defede holds a 2001 - 2004 MS in Systems Engineering @ Virginia Tech. With a robust skill set that includes Systems Engineering, Program Management, Security Clearance, Requirements Management, Engineering Management and more. Michael Defede has 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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