Gary Kyle is the President of Persistent Agility, Inc. (PAI), a Veteran-Owned Small Business consultancy providing agile acquisition strategy, business, and technicalsolutions. He leads senior-level, independent reviews that advise C-level executives and Government senior leaders regarding strategic space capability, major system acquisition strategy, industrial base issues, contract incentives, and R&Dprocurement matters. He collaborates with other experts to solve disparate, complex problems and apply innovation to improve program execution at sole source, competitive, commercial, and Other Transaction (OT) acquisitions. Mr. Kyle thrives in fast paced, ambiguous situations and easily shifts between strategic and tactical issues. As a trusted partner, he stresses the importance of clarity, speed, and impact in high-level strategy sessions, while challenging assumptions and elevating decision quality. He advises industry on bid/no bid decisions.

Mr. Kyle supported the Aerospace Corporation's Sentinel and Advanced MILSATCOM Independent Advisory Groups, providing recommendations on acquisition, budget, and contracting matters. He supported the OSD(A&S) staff in theSentinel FY2024 critical Nunn-McCurdy Breach recertification process (cost growth $93B to $141B) providing detailed inputs included in the final Program Management and Root Cause Analysis reports. He engaged in independent assessments including the Next Generation Interceptor, Sentinel, Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, Defense of Guam, and several Space Force Combat Power programs, providing advice that improved program execution. Mr. Kyle providedinformed guidance during a 5-year competitive campaign that directly resulted in his client winning the $1.2B Navy Spectral shipboard SIGINT and electronic warfare contract. As Senior Contracting Executive for a disruptive space-based situational awareness startup, he introduced a commercial capability to the DoD and NRO, resulting in a DARPA OT win. He served on the NASA Standing Review Board for the $3.7B Commercial Crew Program and improved the program's risk management and contract incentives. He facilitated the Space Operations Command's Data Transmit & Receive Network (DTRN) satellite control assessment, advocating US Space Command and US Space Force joint planning, andimmediate short-term commercial solution adoption. Mr. Kyle chaired a senior leader industry group that restructured a $10B national security space offering and drove critical program changes that shaped program execution and significantly reduced acquisition risk. He served as the business SME for the National Academy of Sciences “Owning the Technical Baseline (OTB)” and “Multi-Domain Command & Control (MDC2)” studies. He briefed the FY2016 NDAASection 809 Acquisition Reform Panel on OT rapid prototyping and simplifying source selection.

Mr. Kyle served as a Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, orchestrating the efforts of 52 geographically dispersedconsultants, providing acquisition, contracting, and financial expertise for Air Force Financial Management, Air Mobility Command, and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). The AFSPC Commander and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director hand-selected him to serve as the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Tiger Team Business Lead. He assessed program issues and defined acquisition tenets that the AF and NRO adopted. The AF Deputy CIO praised his crisp leadership of a 60-person consultant team that worked with AF experts to assess IT efficiency initiativesand validate $800M in budget cost reductions.

As Vice President, Verizon Business Military Department Global Sales, he led the team within the $900M business unit responsible for enterprise networking and customer service and retention. His team delivered mission critical Continuity of Operations services to the White House Communications Agency, DoD, DHS, and Department of State. Mr. Kyle's team directly supported Multi-National Force-Iraq's transition of assets to the Iraqi Minister of Communications.

Mr. Kyle served as the Director, Acquisition Excellence for the AF Assistant Secretary (Acquisition) guiding teams that created and implemented acquisition reform initiatives for AF major programs. He was the source selection SME thatguided the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) Program Office through its $20B Development competition. As Acquisition Strategy Division Chief, he managed the group that staffed major acquisition strategies for the $178B AF portfolio that required AF Secretariat or OSD Under Secretary approval. His team improved the strategies for all major acquisition programs including SBIRS, AEHF, WGS, C-17, F-22, F-35, B-2, and JDAM. He served as Deputy Program Manager and Contracting Chief for the $17B EELV program, pioneering the use of two $500M OTs for Development-the largest in DoD-enabling DoD transition to commercial launch.

Mr. Kyle received numerous high performance team member and individual awards, including the Verizon Excellence Award; David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award (#1 DoD program); DoD Value Engineering Award; DoD Defense Standardization Program Achievement Award; AF John J. Welch, Jr. Award for Excellence—Acquisition Management (#1 AF program—two-time winner); AF Contracting Award—Outstanding Strategic Acquisition Reform; AFContracting Award—Outstanding Contribution to Competition; and Air Force Association Los Angeles Chapter Officer of the Year Award.

Mr. Kyle holds a Master of Arts in Telecommunications (The George Washington University); a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy (National Defense University); a Master of Science in Procurement and Acquisition Management with Law Option (Northrop University); and a Bachelor of Science (United States Air Force Academy). He is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College Program Management Course and Senior Acquisition Course. He attained the highest-level DoD acquisition certifications in both Program Management and Contracting.