Stephen Kirin

Stephen Kirin is vice president, enterprise operations, at MITRE. In this role, he leads operationalization and execution of MITRE’s corporate strategy and objectives, and oversees measurement of the corporation's performance, health, and impact. He also leads MITRE's Corporate Real Estate operations. In addition, he leads the Operational Excellence Program Office, which orchestrates a portfolio of enterprise-wide operational improvements, ensuring alignment with strategy and effective implementation across MITRE. 

Kirin joined MITRE in 2000 and has been instrumental across an array of positions during his tenure, including as director, Office of Strategy Management; director of operations for the Center for National Security; special assistant to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) director; department manager in MITRE’s Army program; analytic lead for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project on command and control; and as member of a Defense Science Board Summer Study. He also led the Congressionally mandated assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs implementation of the Choice Act.

Prior to joining MITRE, Kirin served on active duty in the United States Army, retiring after 27 years of honorable service. He commanded operational units at the platoon, company, and battalion level and served as an operations officer at multiple levels from battalion to Corps. In his final tour, Kirin served as the Army’s senior military analyst, leading teams of experts in applying advanced operations research and simulation techniques to address the Army’s most pressing organizational and operational problems. 

Kirin holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, master’s degrees in operations research and applied mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He also completed a two-year fellowship with the RAND Corporation studying public policy and strategic defense issues.