Kenny Vaughn
/ RESUME
The receipts.
Army officer turned tech leader. From Patriot air defense batteries to a 3,000-person R&D organization at Indeed, I lead complex, high-stakes work and follow through until it sticks.
3,000
person R&D organization I run business operations for at Indeed
$1.4M
revenue from a new business unit I launched at BreakLine
3 of 4
most diverse classes in West Point's 200+ year history
13 yrs
as a US Army officer, Second Lieutenant to Major
01 / EXPERIENCE
01Feb 2022 – Present
Louisville, KY
Louisville, KY
Senior Manager, Business Strategy
Business Operations, Marketplace R&D
2026 – Present
- Business operations lead and headcount approver for a 3,000-person R&D organization.
- Rebuilt and scaled a workforce intelligence dashboard for R&D SLT, unifying Workday, iCIMS, and Jira data into one automated, daily-refreshed view of headcount, hiring, and budget.
- Turned a one-time Talent Review into a monthly leadership talent practice.
Product Excellence & R&D Transformation
2022 – 2026
- Drove full AI adoption across 225+ Product Managers within weeks.
- Stood up Product Excellence, a new R&D team, shaping Indeed's Product Operating Model and its largest professional-development investment.
- Led the performance rubric refresh for 4,000+ R&D employees.
02Sep 2020 – Dec 2021
Louisville, KY
Louisville, KY
Director, BreakLine Apex
- Launched a new business unit generating $1.4M in revenue, helping professionals from underrepresented backgrounds move into tech.
03May 2008 – Aug 2021
13 years
13 years
Officer, Second Lieutenant to Major
Strategic Data Analyst (Major)
2020 – 2021 · US Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, KY
- Analyzed 20 years of data to guide personnel allocation for the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization.
Director of Diversity Admissions
2016 – 2020 · West Point, NY
- Matriculated 3 of the 4 most diverse classes in West Point's 200+ year history.
Company Commander (Captain)
2012 – 2013 · Suwon Air Base, South Korea
- Ranked #1 of 18 battery commanders; led 114 soldiers and $386M in assets.
Tactical Director, Fire Control Officer & Platoon Leader
2008 – 2012 · South Korea & Fort Hood, TX
02 / EDUCATION
- 2014 – 2016
UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business · MBAPeer-selected commencement speaker, Class of 2016. - 2004 – 2008
United States Military Academy at West Point · BS, Engineering ManagementRegimental Executive Officer, fourth-highest leadership role among 4,000 cadets.
03 / ALSO
- BOARDSFund for the Arts, 2023 – Present
Louisville Academy of Music, 2024 – Present
Louisville Collegiate School, 2024 – Present - AI & TOOLSBuilds with Claude Code: AI-assisted Python data pipelines and web apps, deployed on Posit Connect and Cloudflare (including this site)SQL · Tableau · Workday · iCIMS · Jira · Google Workspace
- RECOGNITION2021 Phyllis Scott Buford Young Visionary Award
- SPEAKINGBorn A Billionaire · Berkeley Haas commencement speech
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