Keisha Pullen

Keisha Pullen serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), overseeing strategic acquisitions critical to national maritime security and operational readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts supporting aerospace, maritime, and technical service requirements, with a focus on modernizing coastal patrol assets, enhancing maritime domain awareness systems, and sustaining specialized vessel fleets through new construction and lifecycle upgrades. Her work directly enables the Coast Guard’s mission to strengthen search and detection capabilities, ensuring mission-critical readiness across inland waterways and open ocean environments. Pullen maintains consistent partnerships with specialized shipbuilders and maritime defense contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards, Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These relationships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in vessel design, fabrication, and naval systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration with niche suppliers capable of delivering custom maritime platforms and technical support services tailored to Coast Guard operational specifications. A defining feature of Pullen’s procurement strategy is her exclusive use of Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. All awarded contracts are reserved for small businesses, ensuring broad participation from disadvantaged and emerging vendors in the maritime defense sector. This pattern underscores a deliberate effort to cultivate a resilient, diversified supplier base capable of meeting the Coast Guard’s unique technical demands. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541820 (Public Relations Agencies) and 513210 (Software Publishers), indicating a strategic investment in communication, outreach, and mission-critical software solutions that support operational planning, data visualization, and maritime surveillance systems. These categories reflect an evolving need for digital enablement and public engagement tools that complement physical asset modernization, positioning Pullen at the intersection of traditional shipbuilding and next-generation maritime information systems.