About
Kenney Crooks is the Northrop Grumman (NG) Fellow for Reliability, Maintainability and Testability (RM&T) and Lifecycle Model Based Sustainment (MBS) in NG’s Aeronautics Sector (NGAS). He serves as the Digital Transformation Office (DTO) Enterprise lead for Digital Product Support and NGAS Product Owner for Model Based Sustainment as part of the company’s Digital Transformation initiatives.
Crooks previously held roles as Senior Engineering Manager for NG Strike Division and Lead Reliability Engineer on Strike, E-2D, Triton, NATO AGS, UK AWACS. He has supported several other programs with his technical expertise across the company in his 15-year career.
In industry, He serves as Chair for Reliability and Logistics Working Group for Military Operations Research Society (MORS). He is a SAE voting committee member for industry standards for Reliability and Maintainability (R&M). He represents NG at the annual Department of Defense (DoD) R&M Roundtable forums that is hosted by Office of Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E).
Crooks is a published author in IEEE on topics of Supportability, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Robust Asset Tracking, and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+) Strategies. He holds a US Patent resulting from his work at NG.
Crooks holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology Management from Barry University and Master’s degree in System Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology.