J Michael Magouirk

J. Michael Magouirk has been the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations of Colt Defense LLC since November 2008. Mr. Magouirk joined Colt’s Manufacturing Company in April 2000 following his retirement from the U.S. Marine Corps, and joined Colt Defense upon the reorganization of our predecessor company in 2002 and served as its Executive Director of Human Resources and Labor Relations. In 2008, he was selected as an Industry Fellow by the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, a school for Senior Military Officers and other Executive Branch executives. Mr. Magouirk graduated from that program as a Distinguished Graduate with an M.S. in National Resource Strategy. Mr. Magouirk enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in February 1980 and was commissioned a Warrant Officer in 1989 until his retirement in 2000. Mr. Magouirk also holds a BS/BA in Management from East Carolina University and an MS/BA from Boston University.