Michael Schnabel has announced his promotion as vice president of international operations and policy at Boeing. He was previously the Boeing unit’s senior director, according to his LinkedIn profile.
His immediate past role involved serving as team leader in relationship-building with the U.S. government and foreign embassies to support global marketing of the company’s defense, space and security business. He joined the company in September 2018 as international operations and policy director.
In taking his new position, Schnabel thanked the trust given to him by the company leadership and Jeff Shockey, who was selected in February as Boeing’s new executive vice president of government operations, global public policy and corporate strategy.
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Air Force Career
A former U.S. Air Force fighter squadron commander, Schnabel served for over four years as deputy Air Force undersecretary for international affairs before joining Boeing. He also served as the combat operations director of the Air Force Central Command, Combined Operations Center for over a year.
Schnabel holds a master of science degree in national resource strategy from the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. He also earned a master of science degree in military operational art and science from the USAF Air Command and Staff College and a master of business administration from Touro University California. He graduated with a bachelor of science in human factors engineering from the US Air Force Academy.