Michael S. Groen is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who last served as the Commander of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

He attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, graduating with Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics.

While there, he was selected as the Marine Fellow for the Stockdale Group, assisting the United States Navy program to develop joint and operational leaders.

In that capacity, he formed and served as the initial director of the "Ellis Group", refining concepts for naval power projection and expeditionary operations.

He was reassigned as the Director of the Marine Corps Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG), directly supporting the Commandant and senior leadership for institutional and operational issues.

As a member of the JAIC team, he leads the transformation of United States Joint warfighting and departmental processes through the integration of Artificial Intelligence.