BIO
Mr. Michael Solis is the C-IED Deputy Branch Chief at U.S. Africa Command in Stuttgart Germany. He is a former U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician with tactical, operational, and strategic experience supporting U.S. and NATO missions. His current focus is strategy and policy development and is assisting the African Union with developing a continental framework for managing the complex and ever-evolving IED threat. He was one of the primary authors of the NATO Common C-IED Training Model.