Christopher E. “Chris” Kubasik is Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of L3Harris Technologies. L3Harris is a global aerospace and defense (A&D) technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company has approximately 48,000 employees who serve customers in 100 countries. Kubasik assumed his current role at L3Harris upon the merger of L3 Technologies, Inc. and Harris Corporation, in June 2019. Immediately prior, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of L3 Technologies Inc.
Kubasik has more than 30 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry, having joined L3 as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2015. He was elected Chairman of the board in May 2018 after having been named Chief Executive Officer and elected to the company’s board of directors in January 2018.
Prior to joining L3, Kubasik was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Seabury Advisory Group LLC, a leading aviation and A&D professional services firm.
In 2010, he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, where he also held a number of senior executive and finance roles. Before joining Lockheed, he enjoyed a successful career at Ernst & Young, where he was named partner in 1996.
Kubasik is a member of the Air Force Association (AFA), the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), the Navy League of the United States and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). He is also Vice President of the board of governors of The Wings Club Foundation, Inc.
Kubasik received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. He also completed the Systems Acquisition Management Program at the Defense Acquisition University at Fort Belvoir and received an Executive Engineering Certificate from Carnegie Mellon University.