SoldierStrong, a Stamford-based nonprofit focused on helping veterans in their post-military lives, has named Mike Premi as the organization”™s chief technology officer.
Premi comes to SoldierStrong after more than 26 years with Intel Corp., most recently as senior product marketing and program manager. Prior to Intel, Premi was a U.S. naval officer, deploying to the Persian Gulf and Central America aboard the guided missile frigate USS Crommelin. While on shore duty, Premi served at the Tactical Advanced Computer Office and was awarded the U.S. General Services Administration “Hammer” Award for saving taxpayers more than $6 million by innovating U.S. Department of Defense information technology procurements.
Premi has a bachelor”™s degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from Babson College. He holds two U.S. patents in security software.
“Mike Premi brings a unique skill set and perspective to SoldierStrong. We”™re very fortunate that he”™s chosen to join us after more than 26 extraordinarily successful years at Intel and his service in the U.S. Navy,” said SoldierStrong Co-Founder and CEO Chris Meek. “We”™re looking forward to seeing him put his passion for developing new technology solutions that improve peoples”™ lives to work at SoldierStrong as we continue our mission to connect veterans with revolutionary medical technology to help them move forward.”
