From Submarines to Museums: A Facilities Leader's Journey

About this episode

David Trask interviews Brian Miller about his transition from a Navy career to facilities management at a maritime museum.

In this episode of Facility Voices, David Trask sits down with Brian Miller, Director of Facilities at the Mariners’ Museum, to discuss his unique journey from a 24-year career in the U.S. Navy to leading facilities operations for one of the nation’s premier maritime museums. Drawing on his experience in the submarine force and overseeing complex shipyard work on nuclear vessels, Brian shares how military leadership, accountability, and systems thinking continue to shape his approach to facil...

People in this episode

Host: David Trask

Guest: Brian Miller

Topics covered

• facilities management
• military leadership
• career transition
• maritime museums
• systems thinking

Keywords

• facilities operations
• submarine force
• nuclear vessels
• leadership
• accountability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mariners’ Museum, U.S. Navy

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