Kerry received his master's degree in mechanical engineering in 1992. He worked for The Boeing Company in the Puget Sound area where he had the opportunity to work on the initial design of the 777 aircraft. He moved to Idaho and began work at the Idaho National Laboratory as a component design engineer in 1997. In 2004, he accepted a position in Emergency Management as a Hazards Analyst and has stayed there ever since. He currently is the Lead Hazards Analyst as well as the Emergency Management Program Lead for Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC who is the lead contractor for INL.