There are 8 professionals named "Kevin Brittingham", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. I didn’t fall in love with guns — I love the innovation,” Brittingham told me during a very candid interview. So, when we caught word that Kevin Brittingham and some of his comrades were creating a company named Q, we jumped at the chance to offer their highly-anticipated silencers to firearm enthusiasts. We’ve shipped three of twelve silencers we developed.”. Development is fun. Q is primarily self-funded by proceeds from Brittingham’s sale of AAC to Remington, but he has also brought in some investors who are reportedly participating solely for the returns. The whole story is laid bare in court documents you can find online. That’s the entire issue. Corporate shirts understand neither the innovative mind nor the independent thinker. His business inspirations aren’t gun companies but rather business giants like Amazon and Red Bull who have changed the rules. Kevin Brittingham doesn’t mess around, announcing a 1 March launch of his new brand. In the more than two decades that have passed, he has helped to influence the silencer, ammunition and firearms industries in dramatic fashion. They’re simply wired differently than most people. The company is located in New Hampshire. This is not the case of a top performer being constrained by a corporation. “I offered the last two years to work for a dollar a year if I had control of my [projects],” Kevin said. and, if they didn’t see that coming, their not “managers”. DARPA works like the movie “Real Genius” sometimes they poop out some good stuff, and sometimes civilians benefit. I agree with Vhyrus, It sounds like he is a sh!tty team player. The DMLS technology is even faster with prototyping = production. If they were worried about tarnishing the Sig Sauer brand, they could have given the subsidiary another name until it proved itself. Investors generally want to make decisions. Manufacturing not so much. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. View the profiles of professionals named "Kevin Brittingham" on LinkedIn. He was primarily responsible for taking this wildcat cartridge and getting it SAAMI approved. Take what you knew, a healthy development budget, grab a few trusted companions, and go for it. Once again, Brittingham has found it difficult to work within the constraints of a larger company. Hey, I worked for Microsoft for 10 years – and I can definitively say that Bill Gates hated, “That damned paperclip.” – Clippy – just as much as the rest of us. I can definitely see how he felt they were wasting his time. Kevin Brittingham; Kevin Brittingham's Reputation Profile. Along with suppressors and a bolt-action rifle of their own design, Q has also developed and marketed an improved Honey Badger. By. It will be interesting to watch. Awww .Little Kevin didn’t get his way so he took his ball and went home….again. Kevin Brittingham: I think we’re more of an innovation company that specializes in small arms. I’ve been fortunate in the past to work for someone brutally bright. I don’t think a guy like that could be happy unless having the control he feel he needs to execute the vision. It makes me wonder why Americans are so jealous of success, but it does explain the popularity of Bernie Sanders. 1 Profile Search Follow. If Brittingham has the backing to pull that off, he will succeed. If you want cookie cutter, you've come to the wrong place. Yep. Kevin speak… I used other peoples money and ideas to start and run AAC. We reserve the right to refuse advertising to anyone The OG Honey Badger was developed at AAC by previous owner and Q Founder, Kevin Brittingham and his R&D team at the request of an elite US special operations group looking to replace their MP5-SD’s with an upgraded platform. The .300 AAC Blackout was created by Advanced Armament Corporation in cooperation with Remington Defense, under the direction of AAC’s Research and Development Director Robert Silvers and with the support of the company’s founder, Kevin Brittingham. In the more than two decades that have passed, he has helped to influence the silencer, ammunition and firearms industries in dramatic fashion. They may give it lip service because their management “how-to” books in the self-help section of B&N tell them to, but they don’t get it. Best of luck. The goal is Silencers, Accessories and Firearms by SHOT Show 2017. According to Kevin, his work got bogged down in SIG SAUER’s slower-paced more conservative corporate culture. However, one thing he won’t change is focus. Criminal or Civil Court records found on Kevin's Family, Friends, Neighbors, or Classmates View Details. This entry was posted I’m not quite sure what you are talking about. That doesn’t make Kevin a wildcard. Microsoft buys.”. Look forward to seeing where he goes with this. Major problem in the US is in the last 40yrs we have be churning out thousands of “Business majors” that go with plan Chicom. I think they even had some of the titanium versions in stock at one point. Named simply Q, they’ll start out … and Comments (RSS). It’s really more of keeping the brand true to his vision and making sure people are aware of that fact. All out there are very good to outstanding, we just need more people to have them. Along with suppressors and a bolt-action rifle of their own design, Q has also developed and marketed an improved Honey Badger. Soldier Systems Daily is in no way affiliated with the US Government. The problem was the suits at Remington wanted the cachet Brittingham brought, especially his contacts in SOCOM, but they got more than they bargained for. Part of his growth plan should include brining all of the current/former loyal AAC fans back to and in line with the AAC/Q brand, To right what Remington had tarnished – support and QS to legacy AAC products w/in the Q business model. EKA Expands And Established U.S. The rest is history. Kevin Brittingham of Q LLC recently sat down for an interview with SilencerShop about the 8.6 Blackout. If I could describe Q in one word it would be ambitious, but it’s not as if he’s starting from scratch. That whole statement is confusing. But you can figure that out on your own. My oldest is entering kindergarten this year and I cant help but think of the teacher evaluation form we had to fill out. Good luck finding different hand guards or barrels for an MPX, for example. Join Facebook to connect with Kevin Brittingham and others you may know. He wants his cake, he wants to eat it, and he wants to throw some at managers. After one hit and two very obvious fails, if I was asked to invest, I’d be more than a bit concerned the hit was mainly due to being at the right place at the right, silencers blew up, time; and that the man’s most enduring talent, is simply thinking a bit too highly of himself. If Kevin was such a bad business person, AAC would not have been the success that it was. Now, with Q, Kevin has put together a “dream team” of talent, including AAC and SIG veteran Ethan Lessard. Sufficient irrational self confidence to go all in buying lottery tickets isn’t necessarily a sign of much genius, even if one of the tickets should happen to be a winning one. Others, like Bill Gates, just need to strike out on their own. The Freedom Group put Brittingham in golden handcuffs, but Brittingham chafed under Remington’s corporate culture, to say the least. Not really working out all that well. Both comments and pings are currently closed. I think it’s ironic that great businessmen are so hated in America, while brilliant failures like Nikola Tesla are so adored. He just recycled from Maxim. However, in the Winter of 2011, AAC’s founder and President Kevin Brittingham left the company. Brittingham developed The Fix for a few different reasons, including the possibility of Hillary Clinton presidential election. I would be surprised to hear of a larger company that is light on their feet. I wish Kevin well. ), and multiple firearms platforms for the civilian markets without the discipline needed to launch and sustain these products successfully. He’s completely unfiltered, brilliant and cognizant. I hope he uses his genius to bring us lots of cool stuff. Gates did. . Another interesting thing is the ages of the company’s members. I have a feeling that the “plays well with others” box was probably checked “Strongly Disagree” on Kevin B’s form way back in the day. Good luck to this guy, all the same. Now if only they could figure out how to make a striker fired handgun with a low bore axis. “I’m going to attract the best people, I’m going to start a company and we’re going to be dedicated to being the best. In 2017, Kevin Brittingham founded a new company named "Q, LLC". Thats generally how being a lot smarter than just about everyone else in the room is usually received. At 42 years, Kevin Brittingham is the second oldest in the company. Silverman does some interesting things…. Apparently Microsoft refused and backed off. Investors participating solely for the returns worked out pretty well for OSS. Everyone I worked with on a day-to-day basis was amazing. For silencer buyers, that will be a Martha Stewart ‘Good Thing’. He would’ve made way more than $20mil had AAC stayed the course during the silencer boom the past few years. Named simply Q, they’ll start out with just 10 employees, but it’s quite the lineup. Either that or the Q from Star Trek! Leave the business end to people who actually know about business. In an exclusive interview with TTAG, Brittingham revealed the tensions leading to his departure from the gunmaker’s U.S. division and his plans to start an entirely new firearms company. . Steve Jobs (one of my personal heros/idols) was universally hated by all but a select few people, because he was a massive prick. Again, that isn’t a bad thing. In fact, he was amazed at the confidence, not only from investors, but also from those who’ve joined him as employees at Q. Low bore axis is such a minutiae thing, compared to everything else in handgun design. Nick can probably forward that for you, if you ask him nicely… , As in a *cough*, donation, *cough*, to his avgas fund…. I spoke with Kevin on the phone. While it’s a small company and people are going to be wearing a lot of hats, ambitions are high. They don’t care about you or the customer or the product, they only care about the returns. Gates bought DR-DOS from Digital Research and modified it because DR didn’t know what to do with it. on Monday, February 29th, 2016 at 11:00 and is filed under Industry. Bill Gates’ main achievements were buying someone else’s operating system and licensing it (MS-DOS), and stealing ideas for a user interface from Xerox PARC (to create Windows). But they seemed to have plenty of resources to fight BATFE for the Sig Muzzle Break and the Sig Brace. History. Now it’s happening, and quickly. Were it not for entrepreneurial mavericks like Jobs, Gates and others, we’d still be using thirty year old technology at best. Kevin Brittingham's Reputation Profile. Example, Sig P250 22lr X change kit about 6yrs over due! Sig silencers were announced in 2014 and are still unobtanium. It’s a really good read… basically has all the workings of a movie or at the very least a Dateline episode I’d be glued to. Remington just didn’t do their homework. If they treat them right and invest in the future SIG could make some awesome stuff.”. Apparently didn’t have enough money to do it himself, I’m a little surprised at the direction they’re already going. ©COPYRIGHT 2020, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. We have more engineers than just about any AR-15 company there is, even with our small company. I do not know the specifics, but this does not surprise me. Beth has been found in 7 cities including Woodstock, Germantown, Derwood, Denton, Delmar, and 2 others. Kevin was always a megalomaniac, and he sold out to Remington because he didn’t have the cashflow to fullfill orders, blaming the delays on “fulfilling military orders first.” The truth was that he was close to filing bankruptcy, but to save face he put the word out that AAC might be for sale for the right price. Stuff. ” industry a lot with top performers of success, but they should very rarely left! 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