Who we are
CEO
Peter L. Van Deusen
Peter Van Deusen was appointed CEO of Knowledge International LLC (KI) in 2016. He is a senior executive with 35-years of civilian and U.S. Air Force success as a CEO, business owner, and national policy and defense analyst within the National Security realm.
Prior to joining KI, Mr. Van Deusen was the CEO of LLD Consulting International. LLD Consulting provided strategic business advice, as well as engineering and capabilities-based assessments to clients in the US and abroad. Mr. Van Deusen’s military career highlights included leadership and management at the commanding and executive officer levels in operations, developmental and operational test, and flight training. He retired from active duty in 2011 as a Colonel with over 3100 flight hours in a variety of aircraft.
Senior Compliance Officer
Andrew A. Parham
Andy Parham is an ex British Civil Servant of 30 years’ service with a career background as an aircraft engineer and project manager. He joined Knowledge International LLC (KI) from his final post as the Production Requirements Manager for the DoD F-35 Program and was the chief architect of the Lot 12-14 Block Buy. He has extensive experience working with the Indian sub-continent and Sri Lanka with responsibilities for defense sales and government policy.
As a former accredited British diplomat, he served as the Empowered Official for the British Ministry of Defense in the British Embassy, Washington DC. Here he managed all of the UK’s responsibilities to the US Government under US Dept. of State and Dept. of Commerce International Trade Compliance regulations. He also served as a subject matter expert lecturer for the British Defense Academy on US Export Control Law.