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Profile

Mr. Michael Stewart is the Director of the United States Navy Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO), an office charged with rapidly solving operational problems. Mr. Stewart is also the Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Tri-Service Main Armaments Group since July 2019 and Chairman of the NATO Naval Armaments Group since October 2020. Mr. Stewart previously served as the Executive Director for the Navy’s Unmanned Task Force (UTF) and as the Deputy Director, Integrated Warfare (N9IB).
From 2016-2018, Mr. Stewart was the Director of Business Operations in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Management). In 2008, Mr. Stewart was a Business Development Manager for the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Iraq, where he worked closely with Department of State and industry experts to revitalize the Iraqi economy in support of counterinsurgency efforts. During the 2006 Quadrennial Review, he was a Special Assistant and analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy). In that capacity, he coordinated a Deputy Secretary of Defense study and supported direct taskings from the Secretary of Defense. Prior to coming to the DoD as a civilian, he was a senior manager in venture capital and a member of an internal consulting team for The Boeing Company.
A retired Navy Captain, Mr. Stewart served as a Naval Aviator, Flight Instructor, and Landing Signal Officer, as well as a Battle Watch Captain in the Navy Operations Center. His tours included deployments to the Persian Gulf, South America, and Somalia as part the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN’s Air Wing Eleven. Mr. Stewart is a Secretary of the Navy-distinguished graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a graduate of the Naval War College. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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• XPONENTIAL 2024 KEYNOTE DAY 1
• Future of Autonomy, Opportunities and Risks

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