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Kevin Jarvis
Director, Shipyard Integration
As the Director of Shipyard Integration, Kevin is responsible for integrating
our Shipyard of the Future (SYoF) plans. This enterprise-wide effort includes
effective integration of all aspects of our business into the SYoF including
build strategies, shops/ship and front end processes, facilities and
equipment upgrades, technologies and driving multi- source investment
efforts. Kevin also retains his leadership of the Advanced Capabilities Group
to strategically integrate our technology insertion and R&D efforts into the overall shipyard plan.
During his more than 30-year shipbuilding career, Kevin has held the positions of Director of Business
Development, Program Manager for the Arsenal Ship, the AMCV Cruise Ship, and the National Security
Cutter. He also served as Deputy Program Manager for the LPD Program. Kevin began his career as a
systems engineer, responsible for shipside integration of the Vertical Launching System and the
Tomahawk Weapon System aboard the CG 47 Class Cruisers.
In 2002, Kevin was Sector Director of Facilities and Maintenance and was the Program Manager for a
$463 million modernization program across the Gulf Coast. In 2006, he was named Vice President, DDG
51 Aegis Destroyer Construction Program. In 2007, he assumed responsibility for more than 10,000
shipbuilders as Sector Vice President for Ship Construction. In late 2008, Kevin assumed the role of Vice
President, Large Deck Amphibious Programs.
Kevin earned a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology.
Kevin and his wife Shelley reside in Latimer, Miss., with their daughter, Brandy, who is attending the
University of Southern Mississippi.
Huntington Ingalls Industries designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S.
Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more
than a century, HII has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder at its
Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions. Employing more than 38,000 in Virginia,
Mississippi, Louisiana and California, HII also provides a wide variety of products and services to the
commercial energy industry and other government customers, including the Department of Energy. For
more information, visit: www.huntingtoningalls.com.