Keynote

General Stephen T. Sargeant

Major General, USAF (Ret.)
Chief Executive Officer
Marvin Test Solutions
Vice President, Strategic
Development
 

Professional Experience

Major General Steve Sargeant, USAF (Ret.) is the CEO of Marvin Test Solutions having joined the company in June of 2012 after retiring from the USAF with the rank of Major General. Steve also serves as the Vice President of Strategic Development for The Marvin Group. With over 20 years of senior executive experience in all aspects of aerospace operations and testing in organizations ranging in size from 200 to 160,000 personnel, Steve is leading Marvin Test Solutions’ growth and expansion as a world leader in the global mil–aero and commercial test and measurement industries.

General Sargeant’s focus is to position MTS, a vertically integrated aerospace test and measurement company, as the preferred provider delivering domain expertise and a customer–centric approach with long–term, unrivaled support. He is growing the company’s customer base, ranging from the U.S. Armed Forces and their Allies to global aerospace and manufacturing firms, ensuring the company’s customized test solutions meet customers’ mission–critical requirements.

Previously, he served as commandant of the US Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada, and commanded the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, and the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, Arizona. He served in numerous joint and coalition assignments including deputy chief of staff of Strategy for Combined Joint Task Force 7 and deputy chief of staff, Strategy, Plans, and Assessment for
Multi–National Force – Iraq in Baghdad.

A command pilot with over 3,100 flying hours primarily in the A–10A and F–16A/B/C/D, Sargeant has received dozens of awards and decorations including the Air Force Distinguished Service and Bronze Star Medals, 2006 People to People–Korea Outstanding Service Award, and 2009 General Thomas D. White Air Force Space Trophy. He is an experienced public speaker as well as a command pilot with more than 3,100 flying hours. He is a member of BENS, CFR, NDIA, AME, AFA, AUSA, AAAA, ITEA, and the Harvard Alumni Assoc. Steve is passionate about assisting Veterans in their transition back to the private sector and previously served the interim Chairman of the Board for the USO West Region and Chairman of the Board for the Greater Los Angeles (Bob Hope) USO from 2016 until 2020. Today, he serves as a board member for the Military and Veterans Appreciation Trust Foundation.
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