Finance professionals in Defense technology
Northrop Grumman's military aircraft, weapons systems and space finance titles and two BAE Systems, Inc. finance careers lead off this defense technology finance group; the other six hold CFO, FP&A and finance director roles at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Leonardo DRS, QinetiQ US, FTI Defense, Twenty-Six Defense and KONGSBERG. They suit contractors pricing a bid, forecasting program costs or planning capital investment.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Artz
LinkedInExperience: VP & CFO - Missile Subsytems · General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems
For contract compliance questions, Andrew Artz describes government contracts and program finance work and has been VP & CFO - Missile Subsytems at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems since 2024, with VP & CFO - Tactical Systems (2022–2024) and Staff Sr. Director Finance - Precision Systems (2022) there. Andrew was also Partner Principal - Advisory Services at Grant Thornton (US) (2021–2022) and Managing Director at BDO USA (2021).
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Jarrod Staller
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · FTI Defense - Frontier Technology Inc.
Jarrod Staller has been Chief Financial Officer at FTI Defense - Frontier Technology Inc. since 2025 and held the same title at Technica LLC. (2022–2025). Jarrod was Executive Director of Finance at Gryphon Technologies, Inc (2018–2022), Director of Finance at CDI Engineering Solutions (2011–2018) and Director Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at Allan Myers Inc. (2005–2011), and cites more than 25 years in finance, a fit for CFO questions at a defense technology company.
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Jillian Soucy
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director · BAE Systems, Inc.
Jillian Soucy's BAE Systems, Inc. titles run from Sr Prin Financial Analyst (2014–2018) and Embedded FP&A Lead (2018–2020) through CEMA LCM and Capital Lead (2020–2022) and Sr Manager LCM and Investments (2022–2023) to Finance Director since 2023. The capital and investment roles make Jillian a fit for questions on planning capital spend inside a defense business.
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Kelly Manlogon
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance · Twenty-Six Defense
Director of Finance at Twenty-Six Defense since 2022 and Business Unit Controller there (2017–2022), Kelly Manlogon describes planning, measuring, forecasting and reporting financial performance for a business unit. Kelly was Senior Financial Analyst at L3 Technologies (2014–2017) and Senior Financial Analyst (2009–2014) and Senior Program Control Administrator (2006–2014) at Exelis (Now part of Harris Corporation), a fit for business unit forecasting questions.
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Kelly Reinwald
LinkedInExperience: Director of FP&A · QinetiQ US
QinetiQ US is where Kelly Reinwald has been Director of FP&A since 2023. Kelly was Finance Principal at SAIC (2021–2023), Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at Halfaker and Associates, LLC (2019–2021), Sr Analyst, Finance & Accounting at Maximus (2018–2019) and Finance Analyst at General Dynamics Information Technology (2012–2018), a fit for FP&A questions at a defense and space company.
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Line Fjelde
LinkedInExperience: Director Finance & Strategy Space & Surveillance · KONGSBERG
Space and surveillance finance at KONGSBERG is Line Fjelde's current area as Director Finance & Strategy Space & Surveillance since 2021, with Group Vice President Business Development there (2019–2021) and Project Controller at Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (2017–2019). Line was also Senior Cost Controller at Aibel (2013–2017), so project cost control and space and surveillance finance questions fit.
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Phil Kelly
LinkedInExperience: Financial Controller of Military Aircraft Systems and Military Surveillance and Targeting · Northrop Grumman
Phil Kelly holds three current Northrop Grumman titles: Financial Controller of Military Aircraft Systems and Military Surveillance and Targeting (since 2017), Financial Controller, Military Aircraft Systems (since 2016) and Contoller, Enterprise Shared Services (since 2010). Phil was Director, Financial Planning (2006–2010) and Manager, Financial Planning (2003–2006) there, and lists financial planning, reporting and shared services as specialties.
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Spencer Montgomery
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Finance · Leonardo DRS
FP&A questions in defense fit Spencer Montgomery, Senior Director Finance at Leonardo DRS since 2026. At L3Harris Technologies, Spencer was Director of FP&A (2025–2026), Finance Director (2022–2025) and Senior Finance Manager (2019–2022), and was also Bus Ops Finance Manager (Acting) at Harris Corporation (2019).
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Tara Olivet
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Finance · BAE Systems, Inc.
SVP, Finance at BAE Systems, Inc. since 2025, Tara Olivet held VP Finance, Platforms & Services (2022–2025), VP Finance and Controller, BAE Systems Inc. (2018–2022) and VP Internal Audit, BAE Systems Inc. (2016–2019) there, plus Aircraft Carrier Alliance Finance Director at BAE Systems (2013–2016). Corporate finance, audit, program controls and M&A are the areas Tara cites, a fit for program controls and enterprise finance questions.
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Tim Green
LinkedInExperience: Vice President CFO, Weapons Systems Division · Northrop Grumman
Vice President CFO, Weapons Systems Division at Northrop Grumman is the title Tim Green has held since 2001, and other Northrop Grumman titles include Vice President and Controller, Space Systems (2020–2024), Vice President and Controller, Innovation Systems (2019–2020), Director of Business Management, Global Logistics and Modernization Division (2016–2018) and Division Controller and International Business Manager, Global Logistics and Modernization (2014–2016). Tim cites contract management, a fit for division program finance questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For program cost forecasting, Tim Green, Phil Kelly and Tara Olivet hold division and enterprise finance titles at Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems, Inc., and Jillian Soucy covers capital and investment planning. Andrew Artz and Jarrod Staller give a CFO view, Spencer Montgomery, Kelly Reinwald and Kelly Manlogon fit FP&A and business unit control, and Line Fjelde covers space and surveillance finance at KONGSBERG.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you forecast estimate-at-completion on a cost-plus program when the customer changes scope mid-contract?
- 02How do you plan capital investment for a production line before a follow-on contract is awarded?
- 03Which indirect rates matter most when pricing a bid, and how do you keep them competitive?
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