John P. Schreitmueller

Acknowledged as a world-class expert on leadership and executive transition, John P. Schreitmueller is the founder, President and CEO of Atlanta-based Resolute Consulting Group, where he is Managing Partner of the firm’s international specialty practice in family business leadership. His experience advising CEOs, senior executives, business owners, professionals and celebrities spans over 23 years and roles as a Partner and Senior Vice President of Reedie & Company, LLC in Dallas, Texas, and Partner of the global executive search firm Ray & Berndtson.

Mr. Schreitmueller earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Southern Connecticut State University and a commission as a United States Marine Corps officer during the late Vietnam era.  He commanded an infantry rifle platoon overseas and later flew missions aboard Marine Forward Air Control aircraft.

Following military service, Mr. Schreitmueller advanced rapidly at Texas Instruments, Beech Aircraft Corporation and American Airline’s Sky Chefs.  As a corporate officer at Sky Chefs, his leadership contributed to the company’s successful expansion into global markets via joint ventures and acquisitions throughout North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.  Mr. Schreitmueller then founded his first company, a highly successful global leadership and career consulting practice developed specifically for high visibility executives and professionals.

Mr. Schreitmueller earned a Graduate Certificate in Marketing in 1994 at Southern Methodist University’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business and afterwards accepted the school’s invitation to join its adjunct faculty. In 2000, he completed with other leaders selected from industry, government and the military services the rigorous Program on Leadership for Senior Executives at Harvard University, The John F. Kennedy School of Government.

A licensed commercial pilot with thousands of hours flying high performance aircraft, Mr. Schreitmueller is the author of Of Dreams and Astronauts, a critically acclaimed narrative on the U.S. manned space program.  Noted for its historical significance, the book won the Aviation/Space Writers Association Award of Excellence for nonfiction journalism in 1990.  Mr. Schreitmueller is a frequent guest on nationally syndicated radio talk programs and television, and has been featured on XM Satellite’s Sixties at 6, MSNBC and The NBC Evening News with Tom Brokaw. His comments and articles appear in publications such as Private Clubs, Human Resources Executive, Dow Jones’ National Business Employment Weekly, Workforce, and Aviation Week & Space Technology.  Mr. Schreitmueller is currently working on a satirical portrait of leadership today entitled, How to be an Inauthentic Leader!

Among his many interests, Mr. Schreitmueller is an active polo player. He resides in Roswell, Georgia.