Michael Rambo Technology Strategy Senior Manager, Spirit AeroSystems

Michael Rambo leads Spirit’s Research & Technology (R&T) Global Technology Strategy team comprised of Distinctive Capabilities Leaders, Intellectual Property professionals, and R&T Opportunity Capture managers. In this role, he guides a group of senior engineering specialists in technology roadmap development, maintains a strategic framework to evaluate ongoing and potential business opportunities, owns the intellectual property portfolio, and advises on technology strategy across the global Spirit AeroSystems enterprise. Michael is a Spirit Ambassador and regularly represents Spirit at events and by visits throughout the commercial and defense aerospace industry. He is a US Air Force Academy graduate and retired Air Force pilot, strategist, inspector, and command and control officer. He flew the T-3A, T-37B, T-1A, KC-135R/T, and every variant of the Beechcraft T-6 for a total of over 3,000 flight hours, with almost 450 combat hours, earning two Meritorious Service Medals, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Air Medals and other accolades. In the aerospace defense industry, prior to joining Spirit, he spent over a decade with Beechcraft/Textron Aviation in roles of increasing responsibility spanning Program Management, Supplier Management, Business Development, Demonstration Flight, Training and Simulation Programs, and Product leadership. Michael holds a Master of Operational Military Arts and Sciences through Air University, a Bachelor of Science in Operational Arts and Sciences through the Air Force Academy, and a Professional Certification as a Strategic Execution Professional (SEP) through Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Michael is a native Texan, but now lives in Wichita, Kansas with his wife, Nancy, son, Schaefer (19), and daughter, Elizabeth (16).