Kellen Giuda
U.S. Dept. of War Board Member, 4x founder with impactful, public-facing companies, with 20 years of political experience.
U.S. Department of War Science, Technology and Innovation Board 2026 - Present
In 2026, Kellen Giuda was appointed by the Secretary of War to the Department's Science, Technology and Innovation Board (STIB), the Pentagon's most senior science and technology board, reporting directly to the Secretary and Under Secretaries of War. The STIB is charged with advancing the nation's hardest and most sensitive national security projects. It operates at the frontiers of modern science, technology, and warfare to keep America's leadership at the forefront of the global future.
KG Capital 2024 - Present
After 20 years of entrepreneurship Kellen Giuda launched KG Capital, a quantitative research and technology firm developing algorithmic models for U.S. equity and options markets.
American Military News 2015 - 2023
In 2015 Kellen Giuda founded American Military News and sold it in 2023:
- One of the most read military and geopolitical news sources globally
- Grew lifetime readership to 215,000,000 readers
- Achieved 5 years of perfect media watchdog scores 100/100
- Constant communication with the White House, National Security Council, Pentagon and corporate and individual sources worldwide
- Annual on-field reporting at the Army/Navy football game sponsored by USAA
- Mobile apps became the highest, most-rated military news app on Apple and Google’s app stores.
KellenProjects 2011 - 2017
Giuda founded KellenProjects, a management consulting firm specializing in driving growth, digital ROI, and scalable operations for businesses, non-profits, and political projects. Highlights include scaling tech companies, modernizing legacy operations, and executing public affairs for Fortune 500 firms. The firm emphasized operational integrity through KPI analysis, staff and vendor management, and integrating strategic considerations like cash flow and balance sheet management, HR, and regulatory compliance.
Newt2012 2011 - 2012
Giuda served as National Coalitions Director for Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign. In this role, Giuda established and cultivated strategic relationships with national, regional, and local political and economic stakeholders across the United States. Giuda worked with these stakeholders to organize coalitions to drive mass voter engagement through digital and personal outreach, generating millions of dollars in earned media, key endorsements and activating 600+ campaign surrogates.
Politics 2006 - 2024
Previous Political Experience Includes:
- Director, BBA Now, Leading 180 organizations representing 7 million people for a Balanced Budget Amendment
- Assisted in building a caucus in the U.S House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate
- Fmr. Board of Directors, Tea Party Patriots
- Fmr. Board of Directors, Tea Party Leadership Fund
- Founder, Raising Red PAC
- Founder, New York City Tea Party
- Fmr. Board of Directors, New York Young Republican Club
Architecture Project Manager 2005 - 2009
As a Project Manager at TRA Studio in lower Manhattan, NYC Giuda helped lead in areas of design, construction and compliance on architecture projects in lower Manhattan. Some of my responsibilities included:
- Schematic Design & Construction Drawings
- Project Coordination of Structural Steel, Mechanical Systems, Electrical Systems, Plumbing and Sprinkler Systems
- New York City Dept. of Buildings and Zoning Code Compliance & Permitting
- New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Approval
- New York City Fire Department Compliance & Permitting
- Client and contractor correspondence and coordination
- On-Site Inspection, Construction Supervision and Oversight
- New York State Attorney General Offering Plans
- Marketing Materials
Kellen Giuda's Full Bio
Kellen Giuda is the founder and CEO of KG Capital.
Giuda has extensive operational experience ranging from his first career as an architectural project manager at an architecture firm in lower Manhattan, founding and selling multiple companies, helping lead a prominent presidential campaign as National Coalitions Director, working with the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and serving on the boards of multiple national non-profit organizations.
Kellen's most recent sale in late 2023 was of American Military News which he founded in 2015.
Some accomplishments include:
- One of the most read military and geopolitical news organizations in the world.
- Grew lifetime readership to 215,000,000 readers.
- Achieved perfect major media watchdog scores of 100/100 for 5 consecutive years until exit
- Constant communication with the White House, National Security Council, Pentagon and corporate, government and individual sources throughout the world
- Ongoing annual reporting from the sidelines of the Army/Navy football game sponsored by USAA
- Mobile apps became the highest, most-rated military news app on Apple and Google’s app stores.
Giuda has been recognized as an industry leader as a top CEO in the mobile app space by Startup Magazine.
Giuda previously owned and operated an operations management firm in New York City and Washington, DC and prior to that he was a Project Manager at an architecture firm in downtown Manhattan.
He also served as former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s National Coalitions Director for his 2012 presidential campaign and has served on the Board of Directors of various non-profit organizations.
Giuda was admitted to and attended the Marine Corps Executive Forum in 2022, was a member of Business Executives for National Security from 2015-2025. He was also previously a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and Online News Association (ONA) and an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects.
Giuda graduated from the University of Miami School of Architecture with a Bachelor of Architecture.
