China Threat
Apr 28, 2021 11:45 AM
Admiral Patrick Walsh
China Threat

Patrick Walsh is a Senior Advisor in Oliver Wyman’s global Aerospace & Defense Services practice based in Dallas, TX., and a retired, four-star Admiral.  As the 59th Vice Chief of Naval Operations, he served as a member of the Deputy Secretary of Defense-led Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), and provided testimony to the House Armed Services Committee, Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the Seapower Subcommittee on matters related to the Readiness, Manpower, and Acquisition accounts for the Department of the Navy.  He held significant leadership positions across a 34-year career to include command of US Pacific Fleet, the largest naval force in the world where he led the US military response to the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and radiation release. 

 

Overview to Relevant Experience

He has Fortune 50 business leadership experience within Aerospace & Defense and Cybersecurity, leading P&Ls from small businesses to Original Equipment Manufacturers, and Defense Prime Contractors.

Enterprise Growth & Transformation

  • Recruited to initiate business transformation, turnaround, and divestiture leadership experience within industrial manufacturing, government aviation and supply chain distribution.
  • Successfully transformed a $1.3 billion-dollar defense services business from low-single-digit annual growth to a 3-year 33% CAGR

Operational Excellence

  • Identified a $200M+ balance sheet issue as a result of ineffective warehouse inventory and investment management.  
  • Retired this risk with accelerated cash generation and an aggressive working capital efficiency strategy. 
  • Launched lean sigma resulting in a 15% reduction in supply chain / distribution operational expenses.
  • Extensive experience with organized workforce containment strategy and implementation.

 

Prior to Oliver Wyman, Pat was Vice President of The Boeing Company, Global Services Navy Marine Corps Services business. Prior to Boeing, Pat was the Senior Vice President/General Manager at iSIGHT Partners, a FireEye Company, (NASDAQ: FEYE), and President, Strategic Programs, Academic Partnerships, LLC.  Pat has an extensive executive-level record of leadership and management of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, as well as demonstrated performance in crisis action, conflict resolution, coalition building, and international diplomacy over the course of a career as a carrier-based, combat fighter pilot and former Slot Pilot for the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. 

Pat has an established record of leadership in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.  He holds a Bachelor of Science from the US Naval Academy, a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy and Doctor of Philosophy from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University.  He was a White House Fellow assigned to the Office of Management & Budget during the Reagan and Bush administration.  Pat is the Chairman of the Board of Visitors, National Defense University, the Chairman of the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, and a Senior Fellow at Southern Methodist University.