10 KBR operations leaders
Paul Fellows, Senior Vice President Energy Security at KBR, is one of ten KBR operations leaders listed here, alongside people who hold vice president of operations, director of operations and business unit vice president roles at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at KBR from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Kent Selby
LinkedInExperience: Vice President · KBR, Inc.
Kent Selby has been Vice President at KBR since July 2024, based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with a profile headline of Vice President, Global Logistics Defense and Fed/Civ at KBR. Kent Selby was Director Of Operations at KBR Careers from 2021 to 2024 and Senior Operations Manager at KBR, Inc. from 2019 to 2021, according to the profile.
Matt Jacobs
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - KBR Saudi Arabia · KBR, Inc.
Matt Jacobs was Vice President - KBR Saudi Arabia from 2023 to 2025, and the profile says the role led KBR's operations in Saudi Arabia working with government and private sector clients across major infrastructure and programme management engagements. At KBR, Matt Jacobs was Vice President - Projects and Programmes Division GS International from 2021 to 2023.
Matt Nesbitt
LinkedInExperience: VP O&M · KBR, Inc.
Matt Nesbitt has been VP O&M at KBR since May 2026, based in Abu Dhabi, with a profile headline describing an executive business leader driving KBR's Operations & Maintenance strategic development globally. Matt Nesbitt was Director Power & Industrial at Wood from 2025 to 2026 and Vice President Growth & Development Operations EMEA there from 2022 to 2025.
Matthew Smith
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations, Technology Solutions · KBR, Inc.
Matthew Smith has been Vice President Operations, Technology Solutions at KBR since January 2023, based in Houston, Texas, and was Director Technology, Olefins at KBR from 2013 to 2023. Matthew Smith was Process Director at Fluor Corporation from 2012 to 2013 and Principal Process Engineer there from 2006 to 2012.
Michael Flanagan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · KBR, Inc.
Michael Flanagan was Vice President Operations at KBR from 2020 to 2025 in Houston and has been Senior Vice President at Arkel International since September 2025. At KBR, Michael Flanagan was also Principal Program Manager LOGCAP IV from 2015 to 2022 and Director of Operations from 2008 to 2011.
Nicolas Maan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Australia Defence and Security Solutions · KBR, Inc.
Nicolas Maan has been Vice President Australia Defence and Security Solutions at KBR since May 2023, based in the Greater Brisbane Area, and was Senior Director Of Operations at KBR from 2022 to 2023. Nicolas Maan was Director - Integrated Systems at Northrop Grumman from 2020 to 2021 and Director - Aircraft Modernisation & Sustainment there from 2016 to 2020.
Paul Fellows
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Energy Security · KBR, Inc.
Paul Fellows has been Senior Vice President Energy Security at KBR since January 2023, based in Houston, with a profile headline of Senior Vice President, Integrated Solutions America at KBR. At KBR, Paul Fellows was Vice President Operations from 2019 to 2023, Vice President, Engineering from 2018 to 2019 and Project Manager from 2011 to 2018.
Richard Rippon-Swaine
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · KBR, Inc.
Richard Rippon-Swaine has been Director of Operations at KBR since January 2024 in Leatherhead, England, and the profile says the role carries operational responsibility for the KBR Leatherhead UK Integrated Solutions business unit. Richard Rippon-Swaine was Director of Projects at KBR from 2023 to 2024 and Chief Operations Officer at Nobel Energy from 2018 to 2023.
Tracy Dorsey
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Science, Engineering, and Operations, Science and Space Business Unit · KBR, Inc.
Tracy Dorsey has been Vice President, Science, Engineering, and Operations, Science and Space Business Unit at KBR since April 2018, based in Fulton, Maryland. Tracy Dorsey was Program Manager/VP at Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) from 2005 to 2018 and Department Manager, Control Centers and Simulators at CSC from 1998 to 2005.
Tracy Smith
LinkedInExperience: Vice President- Army & Strategic Programs, Readiness & Sustainment Business Unit · KBR
Tracy Smith has been Vice President- Army & Strategic Programs, Readiness & Sustainment Business Unit at KBR since September 2025, based in Houston, Texas. At KBR, Tracy Smith was Vice President, Navy and Strategic Programs, Readiness and Sustainment from 2024 to 2025 and Director - Operations from 2019 to 2024.
Choose the right perspective
For questions about running operations for government programs, start with the readiness, logistics and defence leaders; for questions about technology, energy and operations and maintenance work, start with the technology, energy security and O&M leaders. Check the dates to see whether each person still holds the role.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current operations role?
- 02How do you coordinate program, project and site teams across the work you oversee?
- 03What has your own experience taught you about running operations across several countries?
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