Vernon McDonald Senior Vice President Strategic Solutions, KBR Inc.

Dr. Vernon McDonald is currently Senior Vice President at KBR, leading their Strategic Solutions Group, a future-focused business unit helping execute long-term strategy and create breakthrough solutions. Strategic Solutions works across technical domains, engaging and connecting subject matter experts, cultivating and integrating technology-enabled capabilities, and executing R&D programs.

Dr. McDonald received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. His career has focused on integrating science, technology and operations at all phases of the project lifecycle to deliver robust solutions in support of space exploration, defense modernization and human health and performance.