Michael Kwinn

• Professor of Practice for Systems and Industrial Engineering and Director of Engineering Management

Mike Kwinn is a Professor of Practice and the Director of the Engineering Management program in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Before this position, Mike worked in various capacities at Raytheon Technologies in Tucson, Arizona and for over 30 years prior to that, Mike worked for the Army both as a civilian and as an Active Duty Officer attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. For over half that time, Mike was on the faculty in the Department of Systems Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point attaining the rank of Professor of Systems Engineering. He has conducted research for a plethora of different agencies such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Army Acquisition, the Department of Homeland Security and other Joint and Combined military commands. He has deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan to lead research teams to support combat operations in those theaters. He holds a B.S. in General Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, a M.S. from the University of Arizona, a M.A. in National Security Affairs from the Naval War College and a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Fellow of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS), life member of Phi Kappa Phi and a member of the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) and INCOSE.