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Patrick "Lips" Houlahan is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet Instructor Pilot and has flown the A/OA-10 Warthog with the United States Air Force Reserve accumulating over 2300 hours of flight time.
A graduate of the United States Navy Post Graduate Fighter Weapons School, "Top Gun", Lips has applied his superior tactical expertise,leadership, and instructional capabilities to train over 240 replacement aircrew. In 2002, Lips was selected as the Instructor Pilot of the Year and was nominated for the Marine Corps Aviator of the Year. Lips has also received numerous awards recognizing his unequalled ability to instill tactical readiness in his students and directly contributing to the training and readiness of all Marine and Navy F/A-18 Squadrons. Lips is a graduate of the United States Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School and has excelled as a Logistics, Maintenance, and Training Officer.
After leaving the Marine Corps in 2004, Lips brought his wealth of instructional experience to the Afterburner team and immediately made a significant impact. An expert at teaching and applying the Flawless Execution model, he quickly became one of Afterburner’s dynamic speakers and breakout facilitators. Lips has been requested by a number of clients because of his ability to connect with their teams.
Lips was selected as the San Diego’s MPI (Meeting Professionals International) Speaker of the Year for 2006. He regularly speaks and consults with many of today's leading corporations such as Verizon, GE, ExxonMobil, Cisco and Sara Lee to name a few. | 