The University of Texas at Austin

Kenneth Matwiczak came to the LBJ School from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was an instructor and associate professor in the Department of Systems Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1990. He also holds an M.B.A. from Long Island University, an M.S. from Purdue University, and a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Matwiczak retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1993. In the Army, he was Chief of Studies and Test Integration for a Joint Service Test Force that was charged with developing a methodology to evaluate Air Defense Artillery battle doctrine through computer simulation and live field exercises. Additionally, he supervised the Engineering Management majors program at West Point, which was selected as the best program of its kind in the nation in 1991.

Matwiczak teaches courses in applied statistics, program evaluation, quantitative decision methods, management science, and project management at the LBJ School. He also directed an LBJ School policy research project that developed a methodology for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the Strategic Planning and Budget System as it is implemented in Texas state government and subsequently led several program evaluations for various state, local, and nonprofit organizations.

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