Michael Smith
Rear Admiral Michael E. Smith has over twenty years of senior military and commercial executive experience building successful teams, managing transformational change and leading a range of highly technical and diverse organizations. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate with a Bachelor’s in Ocean Engineering and graduate level education in nuclear engineering, Smith spent over 30 years in the U.S. Navy. His last duty assignment was as President, Board of Inspection and Survey where he was responsible for independently assessing overall fleet performance and delivered an annual report on the state of fleet material readiness to the CNO and Congress. He commanded at all operational levels and completed combat tours in Desert Storm, Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraqi Freedom.