Kyle Wiley

Experience

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  Congressman Paul Broun (GA-10)

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2011

  Intern

  - Carried out administrative and reception tasks including communicating complicated legislative issues to constituents. - Provided support to District Director and other District Staff through composing spreadsheets, tracking legislation and sitting in on meetings with local elected officials. - Cooperated with other staff throughout the district to organize and carry out 8 Town Hall Meetings throughout 21 counties of Georgia’s Tenth District.

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  Camp Rockmont for Boys

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Camp Counselor

  - I provided oversight and guidance as a cabin counselor with a group of eight eleven year old boys for two week sessions that attracts participants from around the world. - Focused on character development through a high-end, faith-based, challenge-oriented summer experience for boys ages seven to sixteen.- Developed working relationships with peer staff from colleges and universities across America.

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  Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity

  Sept 2012 - May 2013

  Citizen Outreach Associate

  - Monitor, manage, and compose articles for WatchdogWire.com and assist with social media presence.- Attend briefings, summits, and events in the D.C. metro area and compose articles based upon them.- Manage database to track and cultivate allies and program participants, execute follow-up communications and surveys.

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  Charles Koch Institute

  Jan 2013 - May 2014

  The Koch Associate Program (KAP) is a career accelerator for early to mid-career professionals with a drive to tackle our country’s most pressing challenges in more effective, principled ways. KAP equips associates with the tools, mindsets, and community to succeed as social entrepreneurs—individuals excited to find new and better ways to break barriers and eliminate injustice. By supercharging associates’ professional development, we help them have an outsized impact on the problems preventing people from realizing their potential. KAP blends professional development with real work experience: Associates dedicate time to professional development training with Stand Together Fellowships for one day each week, while working at one of our many partner organizations the rest of the week. Show less

  • Koch Associate Program

    Jun 2013 - May 2014

  • Koch Internship Program

    Jan 2013 - May 2013
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  Americans for Prosperity

  May 2013 - May 2014

  Development Associate

  - Gap identification and execution for all aspects of the development team. Recommend and execute solutions in areas spanning team operations, major gift fundraising, and donor communications.- Identify, produce research, briefings, presentations, and proposals for prospective donors in preparations for visits.- Use prospect development techniques to identify individuals and to support the prospect information needs of the development team. Develop a system of assigned capacity ratings to make recommendations to increase pipeline philanthropic capacity and assist in managing portfolios.- Identify current low dollar donors with exponentially higher giving capacity and follow up accordingly. Show less

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  The Heritage Foundation

  May 2014 - Aug 2017

  Assistant to the President, Donor Relations

  - Meet both fundraising and relationship-building goals by managing a caseload of 175 donors and prospects within the Southwest region. Gifts ranging from $10,000 - $3M+. Largest cash gift = $1M; Largest planned gift = $2.1M- Design and implement strategies to identify key prospects; discover the various motivating factors behind donors’ support to increase their involvement in Heritage; and then successfully solicit members to increase their contributions to Heritage.- Communicate with donors through personal visits, telephone calls, and correspondence to increase our Members’ appreciation for the importance and impact of Heritage’s work.- Maintain a high level of knowledge about the conservative movement and Heritage’s needs and interests. Show less

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  Barnes & Thornburg LLP

  Mar 2017 - Mar 2019

  Federal Relations Advisor

  - Identify, analyze, and track national and federal government policy relevant to clients including the energy, healthcare, logistics, education, foreign entity and transportation sector.- Comprehensive understanding of the U.S. policy development and implementation process with strong communication skills.- Attend external meetings, hearings, briefings, policy discussions, and events to represent the firm and its clients.

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  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

  Feb 2019 - Jan 2021

  Senior Advisor

  - Senior Appointee in the Office of the Chief Commercialization Officer / Office of Technology Transitions with a Q Clearance (TS).- Provide strategic advice to the Chief Commercialization Officer and serve as senior leadership for the Office of Technology Transitions. - Engage various offices around the complex and Administration to encourage tech transfer and commercialization activities from the 17 DOE National Labs. - Successfully negotiated international bi-lateral SOI, along with MOUs across government agencies. - Created a COVID Technical Assistance Program where DOE labs provide free technical assistance to fight the pandemic. Implemented a $5M FOA for incubators / accelerators, while promoting lab partnerships. - Represent and speak on behalf of OTT to external trade groups, conferences, and events. Show less

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  Connector, Inc.

  Apr 2021 - now

  Co-Founder

  - Connector Labs is a boutique government relations firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Dallas, Texas.- Clients in the energy, technology, defense, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and natural resources sector. - We inform key constituencies and draw their support for policy issues and funding opportunities. We have successfully secured partnerships and funding at the U.S. Department of Energy, Defense, and National Science Foundation.

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  Verenia

  Sept 2023 - Feb 2024

  Director of Government Affairs

  Verenia is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world. With over 250,000 users worldwide. Our product, Avianna, enables natural language communication through artificial intelligence between the robot or drone and its operator, unlocking previously inaccessible potential and transforming the robotic industry.