Speakers

Mr. Michael A. Bailey entered the Senior Executive Service in August 2021. As the Director of the Engineering, Mr. Bailey oversees a staff of roughly 500 engineers, scientists, logisticians, and other highly skilled professionals who work to design, build, test and sustain CBRN capabilities for Joint Warfighters and other customers.

Prior to this assignment, Mr. Bailey was the Deputy Joint Project Manager for CBRN Sensors at the Joint Program Executive Office for CBRN Defense. Mr. Bailey served as a strategic planner working for the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Strategic Studies Group where he played a critical role in helping the Army’s most senior leaders understand global urbanization trends and what they mean for future force structure and capability requirements.

He was selected to attend the Eisenhower School at National Defense University, and before that he served as a strategic planner working for the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Strategic Studies Group where he played a critical role in helping the Army’s most senior leaders understand global urbanization trends and what they mean for future force structure and capability requirements.

Mr. Bailey has worked at many levels in the Army’s Research and Development enterprise including over 10 years as laboratory scientist working on vaccines against biological warfare agents.