LTG Mick Bednarek, USA (Ret)
Vice President, Strategic Outreach, Fluor Mission Solutions
LTG Mick Bednarek (U.S. Army, Retired) is the Vice President of Strategic Outreach for Fluor Mission Solutions and also serves as the Chairman of the ISOA Board.
As such, he directs the Group’s DEFENSE business line providing scalable, rapid response contingency logistics, life support services, and construction for military, humanitarian, and disaster-response missions worldwide. Presently, he directs projects in fifteen countries under various U.S. Government contracts, including the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP), Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP), Professional Technical Services, and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) requirements.
Mick joined Fluor Corporation in September 2017 as the Mission Solutions Director of LOGCAP Afghanistan until selected for his current position in November 2018. In that role, he led Fluor’s LOGCAP team of over 6,500 personnel providing logistics, life support services, and operations & maintenance support to U.S. military forces operating at eleven sites throughout northern Afghanistan.
LTG Bednarek retired from the U.S. Army in 2015 after nearly 40 years of military service. For his last military assignment, he served 26 months as the Senior Defense Official in Iraq and Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation in Baghdad.
Mick has served in a wide variety of senior command and staff positions in the United States, Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific. He has commanded at every echelon, from company to Army level, including the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks Hawaii, and Commanding General, First Army, Rock Island, Illinois. His military education includes the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army War College, and multiple senior level executive development courses in strategic planning, personnel management, and organizational design.
Prior to joining Fluor, Mick consulted in strategic leadership development and values-based business performance solutions for several corporate businesses and not for profit organizations ranging from foreign policy think tanks to defense contracting. He also served as a Highly-Qualified Expert – Senior Mentor for the Department of Defense Joint Staff strategic leader advanced education programs. Mr. Bednarek holds a M.S. in Personnel Management from Troy State University and a B.S. in Biology from Old Dominion University.