Redstone engineer selected for Senior Executive Service

By AMRDEC Public AffairsJune 4, 2015

Mike Bieri
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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (June 1, 2015) --- Michael A. Bieri has been appointed as a member of the Senior Executive Service.

In this promoted capacity, he will serve as the director for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center's Engineering Directorate at Redstone Arsenal. His role is effective June 15.

Bieri currently serves as the deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Program Executive Office Missiles and Space at Redstone Arsenal.

"With over 26 years of experience and demonstrated performance working across the entire defense acquisition spectrum, Mike Bieri is a proven and dependable leader," said James Lackey, AMRDEC Director. "He has very detailed knowledge of ED key technical competencies, understands our industry and academia partners, and has a great strategic sense and corporate, collaborative enterprise vision needed to enable progress and success of AMRDEC in execution of mission. His impressive array of executive level qualifications has prepared him very well to become a Senior Leader."

"Mike has the right balance of customer orientations, organizational leadership focus, lifecycle engineering technical skills, and Army foundational values essential to lead ED through current and future challenges," he said.

"I am honored to be selected as the SES Director for the Engineering Directorate," said Bieri. "I have been blessed with numerous opportunities to serve the Army and this community in senior leadership positions and my intent is to bring lessons learned from those experiences to this position. I look forward to working with the AMRDEC team to build on the success and capabilities resident in the organization."

Bieri possesses a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from North Dakota State University. He has worked in a variety of positions at Redstone Arsenal since 1986.

A ceremony will be held at a later date.

AMRDEC is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to develop technology and engineering solutions for America's Soldiers.

RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. AMC is the Army's premier provider of materiel readiness -- technology, acquisition support, materiel development, logistics power projection, and sustainment -- to the total force, across the spectrum of joint military operations. If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, eats it or communicates with it, AMC provides it.

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