General Michael P.C. Carns

Biography

General Michael Carns is currently the Vice Chairman of PrivaSource, Inc. (Weston, MA), a small software firm specializing in the security and de-identification of large, sensitive databases. He also serves on a number of Department of Defense panels, boards and task forces; boards of directors of corporations; and consults to a number of businesses.
 
Michael retired from the United States Air Force in September 1994. After retirement, he served as the Managing Director of a small healthcare firm, followed by over four years as Executive Director of a New York-based policy research firm that specialized in Pacific Rim security in the areas of international capital flows and international energy demands.
 
Michael has extensive past experience in the leadership, direction, and management of complex organizations. He served as Vice Chief of staff, United States Air Force; as Director of the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the Gulf War and the Panama Invasion; as Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Forces; and as Commander of the 13th Air Force, Republic of the Philippines, during the Philippine government crisis. He also has had extensive strategic planning and resource allocation experience in a variety of senior military staff appointments in the United States, Europe and the Pacific.
 
Michael is a member of the boards of directors of: Rockwell Collins, Inc., Mykrolis Corporation, PrivaSource Inc., Mission Research Corporation, WebGen Systems and Engineered Support Systems Inc. His appointments include: Department of Defense Science Board; Board of Advisors, National Security Agency (NSA); senior fellow, National Defense University (NDU), Department of Defense; National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Forum; Threat Reduction Advisory Council, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); Board of Visitors, Air University; chairman, Board of Visitors, Air Forces Institute of Technology; Defense Science Study Group, Institute for Defense Analysis; Board of Trustees, Monterey Institute of International Studies; Board of Trustees, Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; and Board of Trustees, Falcon Foundation.
 
Michael graduated from the United States Air Force Academy as a member of its first class; the Harvard Business School, with Distinction; and the Royal College of Defense Studies, London.