Former Commanding Officer of SEAL Team TWO
Michael Hayes: Biography at a Glance
- Michael Hayes is a former Commanding Officer of SEAL Team TWO, which included ten months as the Commander of a 2,000 person Special Operations Task Force in southeastern Afghanistan.
- A former leader in the National Security Council and an experienced senior leader in the private sector, Hayes is a unique speaker whose leadership principles are sure to resonate with any audience.
- His book, Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning, helps readers apply high-stakes lessons about excellence, agility, and meaning across their personal and professional lives.
- He led the White House response to the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia, a major foreign policy showdown for the United States.
- Hayes served in Chief of Staff to the CEO and Chief Operating Officer roles at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest and most successful hedge fund with over $160B under management.
- He currently serves as the Chief Digital Transformation Officer at VMware, where he leads the company’s worldwide business operations and the acceleration of the company’s SaaS transition.
- Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Operations at Cognizant Technology, a 280,000 person global IT services firm with revenues of ~$17B and a market cap of ~$40B, and is responsible for a $1.5B financial services sector P&L.
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Mike Hayes is Managing Director, Insight Partners, a global software investment firm with $80B+ in regulatory assets under management and 800+ portfolio companies across every stage of growth. Prior to Insight, Mike was Chief Operating Officer at VMware, where he led the company's worldwide business operations, their SaaS transition, and the successful acquisition into Broadcom for $94B. Before that, Mike served as Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Operations for Cognizant Technologies, where he ran a $2B P&L for Cognizant’s global financial services clients. Mike previously spent four years at Bridgewater Associates, an investment management firm, where he served in Chief of Staff to CEO and COO roles.
Prior to Bridgewater, he spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEALs where his career began as one of 19 graduates from a class of 120. Mike served throughout South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, including the conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. His last job in the Navy as the Commanding Officer of SEAL Team TWO included ten months as the Commander of a 2,000-person Special Operations Task Force in southeastern Afghanistan. Before that, Mike was selected as a White House Fellow ('08/'09) and served two years as Director, Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council. In the Bush Administration, Mike was responsible for the START Treaty, where he produced a new proposed START Treaty and flew to Russia for negotiations. In the Obama administration, he led the White House response to President Obama's first major foreign policy showdown - the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia. Prior to the White House Fellowship, Mike served as the Deputy Commander for all Special Operations in Anbar Province, Iraq. Mike holds an M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School and received his B.A. from Holy Cross College, where he was an active Big Brother. His military decorations include the Bronze Star for valor in combat in Iraq, a Bronze Star for Afghanistan, and the Defense Superior Service Medal from the White House. Mike is the author of the best-seller Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning and donates all profits to a 501c3 he started that pays off mortgages for Gold Star widows and children. Mike serves on the boards of Immuta, a data governance company, American Equity Life, and the National Medal of Honor Museum. Mike is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is fluent in German and Spanish, frequently speaks about leadership and elite organizations, and enjoys mentoring others to success. He is a lifelong Sox/Pats fan, but most enjoys laughing with his wife, Anita, and their daughter, Maeson.
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Corporate Transformation
Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility and Meaning
Agile Leadership: When to Be a Leader, When to Follow, and Focusing on the Right Decision Rather than Who Makes It
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