Michael T. Strianese

Biography

 Michael T. Strianese is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L3 Technologies, a global aerospace and national security company with 2016 sales of $10.5 billion that employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide. Mr. Strianese played a key role in the company’s formation in 1997 and served as L3’s first Vice President of Finance and Controller. Following L3’s Initial Public Offering in 1998, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Finance in 2001. Mr. Strianese was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2005 and in 2006 was named President and Chief Executive Officer and was elected as a Director. Until 2007, he also served as the company’s first Corporate Ethics Officer, where he led the development and implementation of a comprehensive, company-wide integrity program for L3 employees. In 2008, Mr. Strianese was elected Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Strianese served as Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association in 2014. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Strianese received the 2014 Coast Guard Foundation Award and has been recognized by the Association of the United States Army with its John W. Dixon Award for outstanding contributions to national defense by a member of the industrial community. In addition, he has received the Semper Fidelis Award from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, as well as the Eisenhower Distinguished Citizen Award from the Army Distaff Foundation. In 2012, Mr. Strianese received the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, which recognized L3’s exceptional support of U.S. National Guard and Reserve employees and their families. Mr. Strianese was also named one of Defense News’ 2013 100 Most Influential People in U.S. Defense. In 2016, Mr. Strianese and L3 were recognized by the Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’, Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club (SSMAC) for contributions to the military services and support to veterans’ causes.

Research Interest

 Aerospace