Deborah L. Kotulich

Ms. Deborah L. Kotulich is a Partner in IBM Global Business Services Public Sector Practice based in Northern Virginia. She is an Account Executive overseeing a portfolio of consulting contracts supporting a variety of client organizations within the United States Department of Defense. She has been with IBM for over 11 years; 23 months of which were spent deployed as a mobilized Army Reserve Officer. During her first 5 years at IBM she served as a Client Manager in Sales & Distribution responsible for establishing relationships and presenting the breadth of IBM’s various lines of business to her clients. Since July 2008 she has worked in IBM’s consulting business. Ms. Kotulich’s personal area of expertise is Public Sector and Supply Chain Management which includes distribution management, product lifecycle management and implementation of enterprise change and knowledge management initiatives involving technology, process and strategy. She has experience in enterprise level process redesign, disaster recovery/business continuity, knowledge management, change management and information technology. Ms. Kotulich was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army as an Ordnance Officer and currently holds the specialty of Logistics. She is a Colonel with over 24 years of Active and Reserve service and currently commands the 655th Regional Support Group headquartered in Westover, Massachusetts. The 655th is comprised of over 1500 soldiers in 4 battalions spread across all 6 of the New England states. She has two combat tours in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal, 2 Joint Meritorious Service Medals and 3 Meritorious Service Medals. Ms. Kotulich has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. and a Masters of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School at Ft. McNair, Washington D.C. She is a member of the Association of the United States Army, the National Defense Industrial Association, the National Defense Transportation Association, the Military Officers Association of America, the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy and she is a Life Member of both the Reserve Officers Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.