Molly Donohue Magee
UTIC CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Molly Donohue Magee is the Chief Executive Officer of the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC), a nonprofit organization she created in 2016 that is focused on propelling undersea technology innovation, research, and workforce development. UTIC is the consortium for the Department of Navy Other Transaction Agreement for innovative undersea technology, creating an environment for industry and academia to communicate, collaborate, innovate, and prototype in support of Navy needs. She has recently transitioned from her concurrent role as CEO of SENEDIA, the alliance for Defense Tech, Talent, and Innovation. There she managed economic and workforce development programs and created the initial Build Submarines website and SENEDIA’s nationally recognized annual event, Defense Innovation Days. She has been a member of the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council, the Rhode Island Defense Economy Planning Commission, and the Rhode Island Governor’s Workforce Board.
After completing a 30-year civilian career in the government, she started a woman-owned and managed small business providing value-added engineering and financial management services to the Department of Defense. Her last assignment in the government was as the Chief Financial Officer for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI, a billion-dollar Department of Navy research and development activity. Her civilian government career included managing product assurance engineering for submarine systems prior to transitioning to senior leadership of the organization where, in addition to Chief Financial Officer, she held the position of Director of Corporate Operations.
Board of Directors
The UTIC Board of Directors are impressive leaders, who have significant experience across government, defense industry, military, and policy. They bring critical perspectives to the direction of our 501(c)3 organization.
Mike Connor
President and CEO,
ThayerMahan Inc
Tim DelGiudice
Government Relations
RTX
Andy Jarrett
President and CEO
McLaughlin Research Corporation
Don McCormack (Chair)
Senior Consultant
McLaughlin Research Corporation – McCormack Advisors
By joining the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC) your company will get an understanding of what the Navy needs in the undersea domain for innovation, learn how to work with the Navy, to showcase your companies capabilities in a collaborative environment with industry, academia and the Navy.
Kelly Mendell
President,
MIKEL
UTIC and the OTA provides unique opportunity to gain access to the Navy’s challenging prototype projects and make a contribution to their solutions.
Evan Rowley
VP DoD Operations
Purvis Systems
The OTA has been a valuable resource for PURVIS to perform technology work outside of our standard contracts. We primarily have engineering services contracts rather than product research and development contracts. The OTA gave us a unique avenue to look at R&D, technology and product-oriented projects and to apply expertise to bring new capabilities to users. It has also provides the opportunity to network and develop new partnerships for both the OTA and other opportunities.
Chad F. Seelig
VP Operations, EDGE Sector
Arcfield
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Jeremy Shattuck
CTO
HII Uncrewed Systems
Undersea technologies are critical in contribution to both national security and the sustainment of our planet. As these two domains are rapidly evolving, HII finds it vital to have opportunities like OTAs managed by UTIC and forums enabled by UTIC to quickly collaborate across Government, Academic, and businesses of all sizes to find optimum solutions.
Ryan Smee
Senior Director, Institutional Security,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Rusty Smith
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development,
General Dynamics Applied Physical Sciences
Given the critical nature of undersea warfare in the global security environment, it makes sense that the Navy would create an OTA focused on serving the Undersea Enterprise by more rapidly maturing and fielding undersea systems. As an undersea technology company, APS considered UTIC to be a perfect fit. We continue to find value in the collaboration facilitated by UTIC, both with government customers, and with industry partners.
Chris Weeks
Director of Programs,
Saab, Inc.
The UTIC OTA provides a forum for the Navy to exchange information with industry including in-person, two-way forums. UTIC also provides a contractual vehicle to fund prototype projects that may otherwise not have the opportunity to transition to a capability for the fleet. The OTA managed by UTIC helps level the playing field by enabling smaller, innovative companies to collaborate with traditional partners on projects that advance critical undersea technologies.
