Michael P Baker

Address: Tucson, AZ (MST)

Phone: (520) 850-2809

Email: michael@michaelpbaker.com

Authorization: US Citizen

Web: www.michaelpbaker.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelpbaker

Director leading federal IT program delivery, cybersecurity service delivery, and GovCon growth/capture support across Federal Civilian programs. Experienced managing multi-million-dollar contracts, distributed teams, customer relationships, contract performance, and delivery governance across NOAA, ATF, USDA, DOI, and related federal environments. Background combines program delivery leadership, service management, cybersecurity support, requirements leadership, Agile/hybrid modernization, budget oversight, stakeholder alignment, and business development support. Experienced supporting capture and proposal response efforts through opportunity research, RFI/RFP/RFQ/RFO analysis, proposal strategy, management-volume development, compliance review, solution shaping, and executive/customer-facing content. Recent work includes AI-enabled proposal operations, prompt engineering, and RFI response automation to improve quality, speed, consistency, and response structure across federal growth efforts.
Core Strengths
Federal IT Program Delivery | GovCon Growth & Capture Support | Cybersecurity Service Delivery | IT Service Management | Contract Performance | Program Governance | RFI/RFP/RFQ/RFO Response Support | Proposal Strategy & Management Volumes | AI-Enabled Proposal Operations | Requirements Leadership | Agile & Hybrid Delivery | Stakeholder Engagement | Risk & Issue Management | Budget & Forecast Oversight | Distributed Team Leadership
WORK EXPERIENCE
Director (Remote)Aug 2026 – Present
Senior Program Manager (Remote) – NOAA, ATF, USDAJun 2025 – Aug 2026
Program Manager (Remote) – NOAA, ATF, USDAFeb 2024 – Jun 2025
Project Manager / Scrum Master / Business Analyst (Remote) - DOISep 2021 – Feb 2024
Requirements Analyst II (Remote) - USDAOct 2020 – Sep 2021
KONIAG GOVERNMENT SERVICES, Chantilly, Virginia
Sr. Program Manager (Remote)Aug 2019 – Aug 2020
Business Systems Analyst II (via TEKSystems)Oct 2018 – Aug 2019
Intuit, Tucson, Arizona
Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst, Financial Planning and Business AnalyticsJun 2017 – Oct 2018
Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson, Arizona
Project Manager/Senior IT Business AnalystSep 2016 – May 2017
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Project Manager/Senior Advanced Business Analyst, Operations PlanningApr 2016 – Sep 2016
Senior Business Analyst, Operations PlanningMar 2015 – Mar 2016
Senior Systems Analyst, Supply Chain and Marketing ITMar 2012 – Mar 2015
Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Findlay, Ohio
Project ManagerMar 2010 – Feb 2012
Vito’s Franchising, Sylvania, Ohio
Information Technology ManagerAug 2003 – Sep 2009
Project ManagerJune 2001 – Aug 2003
The Image Group, Holland, Ohio
E-Business SpecialistMay 2000 – Jun 2001
LA-Z-BOY, Monroe, Michigan
E-Business ConsultantJun 1999 – May 2000
Xerox Connect, Toledo, Ohio
E-Business ConsultantOct 1998 – Jun 1999
Inacom/Vanstar, Maumee, Ohio
EDUCATION
• Master of Science (MS) in Management, Sept 2011 - Aug 2013
Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Management and Organizational Development, with Honors, Feb 2010 - Sept 2011
Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI
• Associate of Arts (AA) in Computer Science, Aug 2005 - Aug 2006
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
• ITIL 4 Foundation in IT Service Management, 2026
• Project Management Professional (PMP), 2020
• Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB), 2021
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), 2020
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), 2020
• Certified SAFe 6 Agilist, 2020
• Certified SAFe 6 Practitioner, 2023
• AWS Partner: Generative AI Essentials (Business)
OTHER TRAINING
• KGS Leadership Program, 2026
• D4D – Design for Delight, 2020
• SOI – Style of Influence, 2020
• Watershed Associates, Best Negotiating Practices Workshop, 2013
• George Washington University - Foundations of Business Analysis, 2012
• George Washington University - Managing IT Projects, 2012
• Midwest Management, Successful Behavior, 2012
• Leadership Toledo, Class of 2003
• University of Toledo,
○ Effective Project Cost Management, 2003
○ How to Assess and Manage Project Risk, 2003
○ How to Capture Customer Requirements and Develop, 2003
○ Financial Management, 2002
○ Project and Program Management Basics, 2001
TECHNICAL SKILLS
JIRA | Confluence | ServiceNow | GovWin | SAM.gov | GSA eBuy | Microsoft Office | Excel | Word | PowerPoint | Microsoft Project | Smartsheet | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft Visio | Lucidchart | Miro | Google Workspace | iCIMS | QuickBase | Salesforce | Tableau | HTML | Generative AI Tools
CIVIC & VOLUNTEERING
• Baskets of Care, Past Board Member, Past Board President
• Challenge Day, Adult Facilitator (4 times)
• Habitat for Humanity, Adult Volunteer
• Mobile Meals, Past Board Member, Adult Volunteer
• Real Life, Adult Volunteer
• Springfield Soccer Association, Head Coach, Past Board Member, Past Board President