Mike Chandler

Mr. Chandler oversees all business development activities to include strategy and marketing initiatives and focuses on the Air Force & INTEL accounts. He joined CESI in 2013 after retiring from the U.S. Air Force – his last assignment being the ROTC Detachment Commander at the University of Central Florida. During his 26-year career, he accumulated over 4400 flying hours in fighter aircraft (A-10, F-15C and F-16) including a tour as the Commander/Leader of the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds. Mr. Chandler graduated from the USAF Academy and holds multiple Master’s Degrees in National Security Studies and the use of airpower at the operational and strategic levels of war.