MiG Kill Keynote
The winning formula: VISION LEADERSHIP CULTURE
Accelerate performance. Elevate Leaders. Build unstoppable teams.
1 Hour tailorable Keynote
The MiG Kill Keynote is a dynamic, fully tailorable 60-minute leadership presentation delivered by Navy CAPT Nick “Mongo” Mongillo (Ret), drawing on his 28 years of Navy service and 12 years of senior leadership in the defense industry. Mongo’s career spanned dozens of organizations and hundreds of leaders, culminating in his command of multiple naval units and more than five years in C-Suite–level roles within industry.
Widely recognized as one of the Navy’s premier tactical leaders, Mongo distills the lessons of a decorated career into three core drivers that WIN, TRANSFORM, and ACCELERATE any organization: 1) VISION 2) LEADERSHIP 3) CULTURE
Through vivid real-world stories—from combat aviation to command leadership to corporate executive roles—Mongo delivers unforgettable examples of organizational excellence, mediocrity, and failure, all tied to the same root cause: LEADERSHIP.
Signature Lessons & Defining Career Moments
Mongo shares powerful, hard-earned insights from a career marked by courage, resilience, excellence, and transformational leadership:
· Day One MiG-21 Shootdown – Operation Desert Storm
Courage and decisiveness under fire; awarded the Silver Star, making him the Navy’s highest-decorated pilot of the Gulf War.
· F-16N Emergency Ejection & Recovery
A firsthand lesson in resilience, preparation, and composure during crisis.
· VFA-106 Gladiators – FA-18 Instructor of the Year
Peer-selected recognition highlighting professional redemption and mastery.
· VFA-82 Marauders – Junior Officer Leadership Award
Excellence in early leadership and team development.
· Naval War College – Distinctive Graduate & Forrestal Award Recipient
Demonstrating elite academic performance, strategic thinking, and drive.
· Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) – Executive Officer & Tactics Instructor
Leadership at the pinnacle of organizational excellence and precision.
· VFA-22 Redcocks – Commanding Officer
Led the Navy’s newest Super Hornet squadron through combat deployment; selected as CVW-14 a Battle “E” recipient.
· Navy & Marine Association Commander Leadership Award
Peer-selected from nearly 100 commanders as the 2006 top leader.
· Commanding Officer – Pacific Missile Range Facility
Directed advanced ballistic missile defense testing and large-scale operational teams.
· Defense Industry Executive Leadership
Over 12 years at Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, and Raytheon in Director and VP roles, leading high-performance teams, modernization initiatives, and strategic programs.
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