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Geissele's new President: Mike Hefner, retired Sgt. Maj. & Army SMU Operator

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"Michael Hefner Joins Geissele Automatics as President
Geissele Automatics is pleased to announce that Michael Hefner is joining our Team as our new President.



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Geissele now has 250,000 sqft. of manufacturing space filled with over 135 CNC machines and is preparing for future growth in many facets of the Defense Industry. Mike will take over many of the day to day operations and will work directly with founder Bill in shaping the future of the company.

“I am beyond excited to lead this exceptional organization. Bill and I have discussed many plans and future defense product launches for Geissele Automatics and maybe even a few surprise direction shifts.”

– Mike Hefner

Mike spent 24 years in the US Army, most of which as a Tier One Operator in an SMU. His Army career culminated as a Sergeant Major working in RDT&E and procuring weapon systems and armaments for USASOC. Mike and Bill first met during this time and their first project was bringing the now famous Geissele SSF/SSA triggers into the US Military. There ate many other successful projects that the duo collaborated on prior to Mike’s retirement from the Army in December of 2014.

After military retirement, Mike helped develop suppressors and explosive ignition systems for CGS group. More recently, Mike was President at ZEV Technologies.

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I think this is a fantastic move for Geissele and I congratulate Bill & Mike on a great decision! Bill will now be able to do what he does best, and get some much needed sleep, too. Mike Hefner will bring an immediate sense of renewal, purpose, and direction to the company.

I expect QA and QC to improve in short order and for logistics to improve.

Great move Billy!
 
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250,000 Sq Ft of manufacturing space and 135 CNC machines... Wow that's a lot to oversee.
 
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"Twenty four years in the Army, so he's an expert on crappy equipment that doesn't work right."

I keeed, I keeed.