Manny Piñeiro, President and Founder MAKING TIME COUNT, LLC

Manny Piñeiro is a certified executive coach and professional speaker who is skilled in leadership and character development at all levels of management. Manny has an ability for organizational performance goals with humility, behavioral change and team building concepts through a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

Manny is the President and Founder of MAKING TIME COUNT, LLC which focuses on making the most of our humanity count every second, through human involvement and meaningful change for C-Suite Executives and their employees. He is an extreme advocate of transitioning military members to seek their highest potential both in and out of uniform, while identifying and anticipating common struggles for veterans coming out of active duty.

He remains committed to elevating human performance and bringing out the very best version of yourself. He also delivers leadership development for a multitude of premier organizations and leads teams to master their moments. He is a thought leader in diversity, resilience and encourages people to be accountable for themselves.

Piñeiro is a 32-year Veteran who served in the highest enlisted position as the First Sergeant Special Duty Manager for the United States Air Force. In this position, he was responsible for establishing guidance, policy, and management of more than 2,700 Regular Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve first sergeants.

He also served as the primary advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force, CSAF, CMSAF and First Sergeant Academy for training curriculum, which established wartime mission roles, responsibilities and utilization that impacted nearly 600,000 airmen and their families around the world.

Manny is a proven leader with a warrior ethos who has deployed in support of OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, as well as OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. As a dynamic and energetic speaker, Piñeiro has delivered over 300 keynote addresses to audiences of all sizes throughout the world.

Manny is no stranger to our international partner nations. As the first enlisted senior non-commissioned officer to be selected to work for the Undersecretary of International Affairs, he established policy and strategy to promote professional military education with host nations that solidified their ability to develop, grow, and attain leadership philosophies that connect to our mutual endeavors.

Piñeiro earned a Bachelor of Science in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is also responsible for the inception of the Joint Service Professional Military Education Experience at Department of Defense (DOD) National Defense University.