About
Twice served as a defense air attaché to Ukraine.
Experience
- Stealth Startup (Defense & Dual-Use)Director of Business Development (Europe)current2025 — presentKyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine
- Stealth Startup (Defense & Dual-Use)Country Director (Ukraine)2024 — 2025Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine
- Green Flag VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentKyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Strategy & Statecraft Fellow2024Washington, DC
- Defense Intelligence AgencyU.S. Air Force Attaché to Ukraine2023 — 2024Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine
- Defense Intelligence AgencyJoint Military Attaché School Faculty & Cybersecurity Training Program Manager2021 — 2022Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Defense Intelligence AgencySenior U.S. Defense Official & Attaché to Kyrgyzstan2018 — 2021Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Defense Intelligence AgencyU.S. Air Force Attaché to Ukraine2016 — 2018Kyiv, Ukraine
- Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs (SAF/IA)Air Force Special Operations Programs Foreign Military Sales Compliance Manager2015 — 2016Washington D.C. Metro Area
- The Olmsted FoundationResearch/Educational Fellow (Olmsted Scholarship) & Military Advisor2012 — 2015Lviv, Ukraine
- Air Force Special Operations CommandU-28 Pilot/Instructor and Operations/Training Manager2008 — 2012Hurlburt Field, FL
- United States Air ForceF-16 Pilot and Training Coordinator/Project Manager2003 — 2008Misawa AB, Japan
Education
- ShiftDefense Ventures Fellow2022
- University of Notre DameBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering1999 — 2003
- University of OklahomaMaster of Arts - MA, International Relations2008 — 2011
- Ukrainian Catholic UniversityMaster of Arts - MA, Eastern & Central European History2013 — 2015
- General AssemblyProduct Management2021 — 2022
Skills & more
New Business DevelopmentVenture CapitalStartup DevelopmentInternational SalesClient Relations1Decision-Making2High Stress Environment2Intelligence2Russian2Ukrainian2Team Building1Military Training1
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Foreign PolicyForeign AffairsU.S. Foreign PolicyForeign LanguagesForeign Military SalesEducational LeadershipCybersecurityEmotional IntelligenceMilitary LiaisonKey Client RelationshipsAccount ManagementCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Languages English · Russian · Ukrainian
- Product Management Bootcamp - 50 hours — General Assembly
- Veteran Career Readiness Program Alumni — FourBlock
- Customer Success Management Fundamentals — LinkedIn
- Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner — IBM
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Colleagues at Green Flag
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Michael Baird work?
- Michael Baird is at Green Flag.
Same school
Also attended Shift1
Also attended University of Notre Dame203
Doug GrohAdvisor at CincyTechJim HuntGeneral Partner at Lavrock VenturesTristan HuntPartner at Averin CapitalJoanne IshamSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsAlex FlorAssociate at TCVSean CantwellInvestor at Volition Capital
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Also attended University of Oklahoma50
Tianlin WangManaging Director at Intel CapitalNathan PingeltonManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersMichelle GonzalezCorporate Vice President and Global Head of M12Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesSusan MoringGeneral Partner at Cortado Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)15
Frances TownsendSenior Advisor at Audere CapitalDaniel FataFormer U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy at NEW VISTA CAPITALKristyn JonesFormer Acting Undersecretary, U.S. Air Force at NEW VISTA CAPITALJosh MarcuseGoogle Public Sector at NEW VISTA CAPITALChelsea MorrisVice President of Platform at Rethink ImpactAkhil IyerPrincipal at Shield Capital
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Also worked at Defense Intelligence Agency6
Jeff KruseLieutenant General USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITALJason GoreyInvestor at North Atlantic CapitalPhilip BildenManaging Partner at Shield CapitalSean KirkpatrickSenior Advisor – Science & Technology at NEW VISTA CAPITALLetitia LongAdvisory Board at Blue Delta CapitalTony DeMartinoPartner at Pallas Ventures
