Christ Church is hosting a free talk on Sunday, Sept 11 featuring Mike Hayes, Navy SEAL in Parish Hall. The talk is titled: Free Talk: “Living Lives of Meaning and Purpose: Lessons Learned from a Navy SEAL.”
The talk is at at 11:15am, and will take place at Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich. Coffee, tea and light breakfast served.
The event will be in person but will also be live streamed on christchurchgreenwich.org
With a Bronze Star for valor in combat in Iraq, a Bronze Star for his service in Afghanistan, and the Defense Superior Service Medal from the White House, plus a business resume that includes Chief of Staff to the CEO and COO at Bridgewater Associates, few people are more qualified to talk about leadership than Mike Hayes.
Hayes is currently the Chief Digital Transformation Officer at VMware and leads the company’s worldwide business operations and the acceleration of the company’s SaaS transition. Prior to joining VMware, Mike served as Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Operations for Cognizant Technologies, where he ran a $2B P&L for Cognizant’s largest financial services clients.
Prior to Bridgewater Associates, Hayes spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEALs 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 was the 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. 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, Hayes 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.
Hayes published his book in 2021, “Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning.”
Hayes is also on the boards of Immuta, a data governance company, and the National Medal of Honor Museum. He is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is fluent in German and Spanish.
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