Susan K. (Kathy) Land
Susan K. (Kathy) Land, IEEE President, 2021, Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency
Biography
Susan Kathleen (Kathy) Land is a Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA). She has more than thirty years of industry experience in the application of software engineering methodologies, the management of information systems, and leadership of software development teams.
Land served as the 2020-2022 IEEE Entrepreneurship Board of Directors liaison. She served as the 2018 Vice President, IEEE Technical Activities as well as two additional terms on the IEEE Board of Directors as Division VIII Director/Delegate in 2011 and 2012 and as Division V Director/Delegate in 2014 and 2015. She was President of the IEEE Computer Society in 2009, and a member of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors in 2013 and 2016.
Land has been an active member of the IEEE Standards Association for more than twenty years and served as the Computer Society Vice President for Standards in 2004. She was the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Standards Medallion.
In 2018, Land became an IEEE Fellow, in the category Technical Leader, "for leadership in software product development." She is the author and co-author of a number of texts and publications supporting software engineering principles and the practical application of software process methodologies.
She is an IEEE-HKN member and the 2017 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Award "for exemplifying true volunteer spirit and commitment to excellence, for significant and continuing contributions that support the vision and mission of the IEEE and the Computer Society."
