Michael Groen
Lieutenant General, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
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Michael served over 36 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career as the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, and the senior executive for AI in the Department of Defense.
Michael served over 36 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career as the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, and the senior executive for AI in the Department of Defense. He has previously served at the National Security Agency, overseeing Computer Network Operations and as the Director of Joint Staff Intelligence (JSJ2). In that position he worked closely with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Secretary of Defense and Senior Leaders across the Department. Groen is an experienced Marine commander and multi-tour combat veteran. He is the author of, With the First Marine Division in Iraq, No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy.
He has earned Master’s Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. Today, Michael works with a range of technology companies (Artificial Intelligence Implementation, Cybersecurity, Data), helping them achieve their objectives in a fast-paced and highly competitive global marketplace. Among his priorities, he seeks to inform transformational change in military capabilities against the backdrop of an accelerating pace of digitally enabled warfare, rapidly modernizing opponents, and challenges to American productivity and allied competitiveness.
