Kevin Gaudette
Senior Vice President
Tech 101: Digital Supply Chains
Kevin Gaudette leads LinQuest’s Integrated Analytics & Support (IAS) line of business, which is focused on providing data analytics, data science/AI/ML, data engineering, and software development support to the National Security community. These integrated core capabilities are leveraged to provide world-class decision support to senior leaders across the government.
After retiring from the Air Force in 2014, Kevin joined Beavercreek-based Perduco Group as a Senior Supply Chain Analyst, moving on to direct its federal programs in 2016. Shortly after Perduco was acquired by LinQuest in late 2019, he was named Vice President of the Integrated Analytics & Support line of business (legacy Perduco), which has grown over 300% since the acquisition.
Kevin is a retired Air Force Logistics Colonel and 24-year veteran. His key assignments included four Squadron commands (two deployed); command of the 635th Supply Chain Operations Group; Director of Plans & Programs of the 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing; and two tours at the Air Force Logistics Management Agency. He began his Air Force career in 1991 as a Supply Operations officer at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Vermont, an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University, an MS in Logistics Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, an MS in National Security Strategy from National Defense University, and an MS and PhD in Operations Management and Decision Sciences from Indiana University.