Wesley Michael Watt ’13 Receives Roaring10 Award

Wes Watt of Charleston shares his passion for helping others wherever his career takes him.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in business administration from Clemson in 2013, Wes worked for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and then the American Legislative Exchange Council. In 2015, he joined Scientific Research Corporation, the family enterprise founded by his grandfather.

SRC is an advanced engineering company providing state-of-the-art solutions in defense, federal, global, and cyber and intelligence markets. Increasing SRC responsibilities have taken Wes to Washington, D.C., Huntsville, Ala., and now Charleston, where he is director for cloud services, spectrum innovation, and visualization systems.

He was a children’s ministry volunteer for Alexandria (Va.) Presbyterian Church and currently volunteers with Metanoia, a neighborhood nonprofit fostering youth leadership, affordable housing and economic development in North Charleston. He is a graduate of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Discovery program.

He also volunteers for Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw, Ga., which he attended as a child. He was founding president of its alumni association, served on the capital campaign and strategic planning committees, and mentors students in the goLEAD leadership development program. He was recognized as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 2017.

For Clemson, Wes was active with the Baltimore/Washington DC and North Alabama Clemson Clubs and is on the board of the Charleston County Clemson Club and Clemson in the Lowcountry. He is a member and the founding president of the Political Science Alumni Board and serves on the Friends of the Libraries Board. He is a former president and current member of the Clemson Young Alumni Council.