Michael Russo is the President and CEO of Hercules Partners (HP). He has offices in Los Angeles, New York and Paris. Under his leadership, HP has continued to expand its global presence in support of the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry. Squeezed by budget constraints and rising price pressures A&D organizations are seeing their traditional tools for driving margin, improving working capital and reducing operating costs lose effectiveness. In response, many have emphasized digital technologies and analytics to bring new capabilities to customers.

The industry is in the midst of a major transformation, marked by rapidly climbing production rates. As the explosive growth of digital approaches, the growing importance of supply chain capabilities will surely challenge the many players to keep pace.

HP was developed to support the A&D industry by bringing a global team of dedicated project A&D experts that have come from Airline Operators, OEM’s, sub-tier and strategy advisory organizations. We have collaborated with many of the players in the A&D market to develop a proven approach for minimizing risk and addressing scale in these efforts.

Michael has over 30 years of consulting experience within the Aerospace & Defense market with special expertise with commercial programs, operations and supply chain management. Michael earned his MBA from the University of California Berkeley and received his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Saint Leo University.