Michael Rambo Technology Strategy Senior Manager Spirit AeroSystems
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AIAA DEFENSE Forum 2025
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).
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).