Resume

Kevin J. Magnan

Technical enablement leader driving responsible AI adoption across enterprise and public-sector customers. I build executive trust, design high-impact live trainings, and deliver measurable adoption at scale.

Experience

Where I've worked

  1. Slalom Consulting, LLC

    Chicago, IL

    Senior Principal, Justice and Public SafetyMarch 2026 – present

    Prior rolesApril 2021 – March 2026

    • Lead Slalom's Justice and Public Safety practice ($50M+), head internal Public and Social Impact AI enablement, and serve as senior advisor on AI adoption and strategy across Slalom's government clients.
    • Drove $40M+ in public-sector revenue through trusted partnerships and strategic pursuit support, including pipeline reporting and Salesforce CRM management to track multi-year procurement cycles.
    • Championed internal AI enablement, identifying and testing emerging AI capabilities to drive efficiency and impact for state and local agencies, and developed metrics to measure adoption.
    • Generated three AI implementation projects by leading 10+ strategic and technical workshops with government stakeholders to co-develop roadmaps for analytics, cloud, and AI.
    • Managed 12 strategic relationships with state and local government agencies and key partners, keeping work aligned to public-sector compliance and transparency standards.
    • Architected secure cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, Google, and Snowflake that meet government compliance standards (CJIS, FedRAMP, GovCloud).
    • Built cross-functional alliances with technology partners, aligning client roadmaps and technical solutions to deliver outcomes and sales growth.

  2. University of Chicago Urban Labs

    Chicago, IL

    Research ManagerJune 2019 – February 2021

    Embedded Research AnalystJuly 2017 – May 2019

    • Led the design and release of nine scalable Tableau dashboards, including the Violence Reduction Dashboard, supporting evidence-based decisions and serving as custom reporting infrastructure for sensitive data environments.
    • Collaborated with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners on joint gun violence reduction initiatives, delivering analytical support and strategy evaluation for multi-agency interventions.

  3. Earlier roles

    Research Assistant, Metropolitan Planning CouncilOctober 2016 – May 2017

    Police Officer, St. Louis County Police DepartmentJuly 2014 – July 2016

    Graduate Assistant, Southeast Missouri State UniversityAugust 2012 – May 2014

Background

Education, credentials, and skills

Education

  • University of ChicagoMaster of Arts Program in the Social SciencesChicago, IL
  • Southeast Missouri State UniversityMaster of Science, Criminal Justice AdministrationCape Girardeau, MO

Certifications

  • IBM Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals2024
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner2021
  • Tableau Certified Associate Consultant2021
  • All badges on Credly

AI and delivery

  • AI governance, ethics, and responsible deployment
  • AI implementation, problem-framing, context engineering, and output refinement
  • LLM workflow design for government applications
  • Public-sector compliance adoption

Business and data

  • Executive stakeholder engagement and partnership development
  • Go-to-market planning
  • Salesforce CRM administration and reporting
  • Strong proficiency in SQL, R, and Tableau