Michael D. Brasseur serves as the Chief Strategy Officer and VP for Saab, Inc., a wholly owned US subsidiary of the leading Swedish defense and security company. Michael also serves as the General Manager of Skapa by Saab, which was founded in 2024 to help create novel solutions to our most challenging problems. Skapa is Swedish for “To create, To Make, To Shape” and leverages emerging disruptive technologies and a small, diverse and hyper-talented team that iterates in the operational environment alongside end-users to create new capabilities fast.

Prior to joining Saab, Inc., Michael founded and served as the first Commodore of Task Force 59, a first of it's kind organization dedicated to the rapid integration of robotics and artificial intelligence into 5th Fleet operations. Michael believes collaboration in diverse cross-functional teams is critical to solving complex challenges and has a history of building winning teams across all levels of government, including the White House, Pentagon and NATO. He has commanded two warships and served on four others and sailed the world’s oceans with friends and Allies.