Mark C. Kitz

June 4, 2021: Mark C. Kitz was recently named the new Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S). He succeeds Bgen. Michael E. Sloan, who retired. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Kitz served as Deputy Program Executive Officer for IEW&S. He has also served as the Director for Acquisition and Engineering for PEO IEW&S from 2015 to 2019. Mr. Kitz was the Technical Director for Project Manager Distributed Common Ground Systems-Army (PM-DCGS-A) and had multiple assignments as an Engineer and Scientist with the Intelligence Information Warfare Directorate of the Communication Electronics Research and Development Command, which included being the Chief Engineer and Project Lead for TROJAN, and well as Director for the Intelligence Processing Laboratory. He also served as Research Engineer for Defense Science and Technology in Edinburgh, Armed Forces Overseas Australia. Mr. Kitz holds a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College and a master’s degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.