Alumni Profiles

Michael T. Kutch Jr. ’78

Spring 2006

Electrical engineering graduate Michael Kutch of Wadmalaw Island was recently named department head for Intelligence and Information Warfare at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in Charleston.

As department head, he guides a unit of more than 570 engineers, technicians, experts and support personnel who provide top technological information and intelligence systems to war fighters. He oversees products and services for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and security.

Kutch currently directs the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model for Integration (CMMI®) engineering process improvement efforts. Under his guidance, Charleston became the first SPAWAR center to achieve a systemwide CMMI audit and rating. He is also a corporate advisory board member of the International Council on Systems Engineering.

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