Mitch Stevison

Dr. Mitch Stevison is Mercury Systems’ Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer. In this key role, he is responsible for driving and aligning the Company’s growth strategy across the enterprise to achieve its growth objectives.

Dr. Stevison brings to Mercury more than 16 years of global experience in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior to joining Mercury, he was Vice President of Strategy for Raytheon Missiles & Defense. In that role, he led comprehensive business strategy, portfolio shaping, and evaluating investment opportunities to further advance the Raytheon Missiles & Defense portfolio. He also served as Vice President of Strategic and Naval Systems at Raytheon Missiles Systems. Prior to that, he was the director of the SM-3® program, where he was responsible for all variants of the SM-3® missile portfolio, both domestically and internationally. Dr. Stevison has previously held senior leadership roles at Lockheed Martin and at Miltec Systems, a Ducommun Company.

A U.S. Army veteran, Dr. Stevison retired from the Army in 2005, following an accomplished 20-year military career that included leadership roles with the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command.

Dr. Stevison holds a Ph.D. in business administration from TUI University in Cypress, California, a master’s degree from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and a bachelor’s degree from Athens State University in Athens, Alabama.