Clement Michael Petters ("Mike", born 1959) is president and CEO of

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, an American military shipbuilding company.

Career

Petters assumed his role as president and CEO on March 31, 2011. He is also a member of the

board of directors. From 2008 until his appointment in 2011, he was the president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Prior to this position, he was the president of Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector. Petters first came to

Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of United States Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy ...

in 1987 in their Los Angeles-class submarine construction division. He held a number of positions that included being the production supervisor for submarines, the marketing manager for submarines and carriers.

Board and advisory positions

Petters is the vice chairman of the Virginia Business Council. He is on the board of directors for the US Naval Academy Foundation and also for the National Bureau of Asian Research. He is on the board of trustees for the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. He is on the advisory council for the Naval Historical Foundation and he is on the distinguished advisory board for the

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Background and education

Mike Petters grew up in the rural community of

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in northeastern

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on a large orange and cattle farm, and was a 1977 graduate of Jesuit High School in Tampa. Petters earned bachelor's degree in physics from the

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in 1982. Commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, he qualified as a Submarine Warfare Officer. He has a master's degree in business administration from the

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at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petters, C. Michael 1959 births Living people United States Naval Academy alumni College of William & Mary alumni American chief executives of manufacturing companies People from Pasco County, Florida Jesuit High School (Tampa) alumni