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High Country Solutions, Inc is a success-oriented, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) consulting company that provides support in a number of areas

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Our purpose is to help businesses develop and implement a solid business development strategy.  We work to improve your bottom line!

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ABOUT US

​CONTACT: 719.310.4257

OUR MISSION

TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS' PERFORMANCE


High Country Solutions focuses on the success of our clients!  


We work with you to ensure your success.  We support the development a comprehensive Strategy that produces a winning solution and engages your potential customers early with information about new and existing offerings.  We will continue to remain engaged while you execute this plan, making any necessary refinements and adjustments as new information is uncovered.  We also support the development and execution of a detailed contact plan, and also includes development and execution of press releases and trade show action plans.  And when it is time to prepare the proposal, we are they with you to ensure that a strong, impactful, and fully compliant proposal is developed and submitted to your customer.

You have a significant investment in these activities, so you need to maximize your benefits.

Working on a Time and Material (T&M) contract model allows our clients to maintain control of the support they require.

  • Flight Instruction (Flight Test and Advanced Flight Training)
  • Flight Instruction - CFI/CFII (Airplane and Helicopter), MEI (Providing Training for Private, Commercial, Instrument, BFR, IPC)
  • Helicopter Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (H-UPRT)
  • Aircraft Developmental Flight Test (DT&E)
  • Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Training
  • Tactical Military Aviation (Development and Employment)
  • Military Aviation Operations
  • Proposal Management and Development, Business Development, Strategy Development, and Capture Support

    

Paddy Kelleher

Years of experience: 43+
Position: President & CEO

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High Country Solutions, Inc was founded in 2014 by Paddy Kelleher, a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, aviator and test pilot. After retiring from active duty, Paddy has worked in the Defense and Aerospace Industry for the past 23+ years. He has extensive experience in Developmental Flight Test, Flight Instruction, and Mission Engineering in the Aviation and Space mission areas. He also has extensive experience in Business Development, Strategy Development, Capture and Proposal Management and Development. ​During his 21 year active duty career, Paddy had an extensive variety of operational assignments, to include 5 overseas deployments (including 2 6-month shipboard deployments), a deployment to Somalia as the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) Operations Officer for a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF), the ACE Operations Officer and Air Mission Commander for the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF) for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (31st MEU(SOC)), and a joint assignment as the Chief, Special Technical Operations (STO) with U. S. Space Command.

Paddy is a graduate of the Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course and is also a graduate of the U. S. Naval Test Pilot School, with a subsequent assignment as a Developmental/Engineering Test Pilot at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. His final tour was a Joint assignment with U. S. Space Command, where he was Chief of the Space Control Integration Branch and the Chief of the Command's Special Technical Operations (STO) cell. Paddy has been a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) since 1990. Additionally, Paddy is an FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI-ASE/AME/Helicopter), Certified Flight Instructor-Instrument (CFII-Airplane and Helicopter), and FAA Certified Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Instructor.




  • 21 years active duty in the U. S. Marine Corps
  • More than 3600 flight hours in over 44 different aircraft (fixed and rotary wing)
  • C/MH-53 A/D/E Air Mission Commander and Advanced Tactics Instructor
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI)
  • Engineering/Developmental Test Pilot
  • U. S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) graduate
  • FAA CFI (ASE and Helicopter), MEI, CFII (Airplane and Helicopter), Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Instructor
  • Joint Specialty Officer (JSO)
  • Joint Professional Military Education, Phase I and Phase II
  • USMC Command and Staff College
  • Air Command and Staff College
  • University of Tennessee-Knoxville (MS Aviation Systems)
  • Gonzaga University (BS Mechanical Engineering)