Before being promoted to COO, Billy served as VP of Product Development and co-founder of Kinetic Pressure Control. He has lead the successful engineering efforts for all of Kinetic’s product line development. Before co-founding Kinetic Pressure Control, Mr. Gallagher served as an officer in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Corps. During this time, Mr. Gallagher specialized in the management of complex weapon system integration, test and evaluation, and electronic warfare programs.
Mr Gallagher was extensively involved with the strategic improvement of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter weapon system, providing technical advice up to the 2-star General level and briefed the Australian Minister of Defence on successful projects. Mr Gallagher successfully managed multi million-dollar portfolio of projects.
Mr. Gallagher received his Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from the Queensland University of Technology and Masters in Project Management from the University of New South Wales. Mr. Gallagher is also a graduate of the Royal Military College – Duntroon and a Member with Engineers Australia.