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Kevin D. Freese

Mr.Freese has a diverse career as an executive leader in the medical, toy, defense, aerospace, virtual reality, and real estate industry. His professional concentration has been in the formation, optimization, and revitalization of organizations to deliver exceptional growth, efficiency and effectiveness. His early career being formative as a US Air Force officer leading multi-billion dollar aircraft and aerospace acquisitions.

His professional accomplishments include President and Chief Operating Officer of Raydon Corporation, a world leader in ground warfare virtual reality training products to assorted commercial and government organizations.  Mr. Freese served as Vice President of Worldwide Government Programs for TUG Technologies Corporation, a leader in aircraft ground support equipment. As a Vice President for ADAC Laboratories, the world market share leader in nuclear medicine, Mr. Freese led one-fifth of the company’s service operations and sales. He also served as Director of Global Strategic Markets for Codonics, Inc., a medical imaging equipment company, where he directed marketing and sales for OEM customers worldwide.  

Other professional accomplishments include executive roles with General Electric Medical Systems, Siemens Medical Solutions and World Toy Alliance.

During his military career Freese led the design, development and manufacturing of complex aircraft and aerospace systems. His final military assignment was an appointment to a special Under Secretary of Defense task force to reform the Air Force’s acquisition system to adopt commercial best practices and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process.

Mr. Freese is currently active as a real estate investor growing a portfolio of residential and commercial real estate holdings. He holds a Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering from Ohio Northern University, a Master of Science Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee and is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College Program Management Course in Fort Belvoir, VA. 

He currently serves as Chairman-Elect of the Ohio Northern University TJ Smull College of Engineering Advisory Board. Mr. Freese has also served as President of John Carroll University’s Center for Entrepreneurship Students in Free Enterprise Business Advisory Board.

"Too often the focus on entrepreneurship rests on the mechanics of starting and growing a business. What ELI has done with Mindset is help prepare the entrepreneur with what has to come from within; namely, courage, perseverance, and optimism. If it were up to me, anyone even considering something entrepreneurial would start here."

Thom Ruhe
Director of Entrepreneurship
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
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