Leadership
Advisors Who Have Built What They Sell
DefensEdge was founded by practitioners with decades of hands-on engineering, flight test, strategic consulting, and business transformation experience.
Umar Ahmed
Co-Founder & Managing Director
15+ years in aerospace and defense spanning flight test, systems engineering, and enterprise MBSE transformation. Worked in executive leadership at consulting organizations serving Boeing, Lockheed Martin, NVIDIA, RTX, and Apple. SysML Level 1 and Level 2 certified. Led go-to-market strategy for SysML v2 adoption and built high-performing teams from the ground up. Deep expertise in UAF, model-based roadmapping, and AI-augmented engineering workflows.
“Bridges the hangar floor and the boardroom.”
- SysML Level 1 and Level 2 certified
- Led MBSE consulting teams at leading PLM organizations
- Go-to-market strategy for SysML v2 adoption
- Deep expertise in UAF and model-based roadmapping
Abigail Ahmed
Co-Founder & Strategic Business Consultant
Aerospace and defense strategic business consultant with extensive experience advising on large-scale transformation programs. Specializes in ensuring technology investments deliver measurable business value, working with executive leadership to align engineering transformation with organizational strategy and growth objectives.
“Ensures every investment drives real value.”
- Large-scale transformation program advisory
- Technology investment ROI and value realization
- Executive leadership alignment
- Organizational strategy and growth
Company
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Entity
DefensEdge LLC, State of Washington (Active)
Governors
Umar Ahmed, Abigail Callahan