Michael Townsend is the former Sr. Director for Small Business Development and Utilization at SAIC. He was the corporate point of contact for all small business matters related to federal government, state and local government customers and commercial small business vendors and partners. His responsibilities included promoting small business utilization and outreach within the company, government customers and industry. Mr. Townsend developed and implemented the corporate small business processes in accordance with statutory requirements and was also the Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO) responsible for small business compliance and reporting. Additionally, he oversaw and managed SAIC’s small business special programs including Mentor-Protégé (Federal Civilian and DoD), HBCU/MI and Ability One. B.S. Computer Management of Information Systems, University of Maryland University College Project Management Professional (PMP)