---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001049521-23-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRCY"
cik: "0001049521"
company_name: "MERCURY SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T01:55:44.218280+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercury Systems announces departure of Mission Systems President James Stevison, effective Dec 1, 2023

## Summary
- James M. Stevison departing as EVP and President of Mission Systems division on Dec 1, 2023.
- CEO Bill Ballhaus will lead division until a permanent replacement is identified.
- Stevison joined Mercury in Oct 2021 as Chief Growth Officer and became division President in Oct 2022.
- Stevison is leaving to pursue a new opportunity outside the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001049521-23-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRCY
- cik: 0001049521
- company_name: MERCURY SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049521/000104952123000055/0001049521-23-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049521/000104952123000055/mrcy-20231115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049521-23-000055
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049521-23-000055.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049521-23-000055.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James M. Stevison departed as Executive Vice President and President, Mission Systems division at MERCURY SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: departing
  - Role: Executive Vice President and President, Mission Systems division
  source text: On November 10, 2023, James M. Stevison, the Company’s Executive Vice President and President of the Company’s Mission Systems division, informed the Company that he will be departing on December 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049521/000104952123000055/0001049521-23-000055-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.