Show Highlights
· A Sit-down discussion with Retired Rear Admiral Mike Manazir – Military Veteran and Author
· Celebrating our Veterans
· Commitment to a Higher Purpose
· Service Beyond Self
Biography
Retired Rear Admiral Mike Manazir is currently the Vice President, Federal sales for Hadrian Automation. Hadrian, based in Torrance, California, builds highly automated factories. Mike is bringing Hadrian capability to the US Department of Defense to build aerospace and defense parts.
Mike served in the United States Navy for thirty-six years, retiring in July 2017 and transitioned to The Boeing Company. Mike left Boeing for Hadrian in January 2025.
In the US Navy, Mike was trained as a naval aviator and ship captain, flying 3,750 hours in the F-14 Tomcat and F-18 Super Hornet. Mike has 1,240 arrested landings on different aircraft carriers with fifteen overseas deployments. Mike is a graduate of TOP GUN.
During ever-increasing leadership responsibilities, leading 350 people to more than ten thousand, Mike commanded a Navy fighter squadron, a supply ship, the aircraft carrier, USS NIMITZ, and Carrier Strike Group EIGHT, embarked in USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.
In his spare time, Mike is the best-selling author of Learn How To Lead To Win, thirty-three powerful stories of leadership and learning; Mike’s Maxims, a companion to the Lead To Win book, as well as two short e-books about fate and trust. All can be found on Amazon and other retail outlets. Mike also authors a weekly newsletter on discrete leadership topics.
Visit Mike at www.mikemanazir.com.
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