Candice Velasco, CPSM
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AEC marketing professional
Candice leads comprehensive business development initiatives for Michael Baker International, one of the nation’s premier engineering and consulting firms with 85 years of excellence and 5,100+ employees across 90+ offices. As Business Development Associate based in Ontario, California, she drives pursuit and capture of infrastructure projects, client relationship cultivation, and market expansion for a firm founded May 1, 1940 by Michael Baker Jr. in Room 122 of the Penn Beaver Hotel in Rochester, Pennsylvania—growing from a $25 surveying job to become a global leader in engineering services.
Her expertise spans infrastructure business development with specialized knowledge in client relationship management, pursuit coordination, market intelligence, and strategic capture across transportation, aviation, architecture, water, energy, federal programs, and planning disciplines. Candice brings comprehensive understanding of Michael Baker’s full-service capabilities supporting diverse markets including roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, airports, water treatment plants, environmental restoration, and federal infrastructure.
With AEC business development experience at one of ENR’s top design, bridge, transportation and water firms, Candice contributes to Michael Baker’s “Wolf Pack” philosophy—that we are stronger together—and the firm’s mission of “Making a Difference” for clients and communities. Her knowledge of Michael Baker’s iconic project portfolio spanning 85 years—from designing Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium (1960) and Penn State’s Beaver Stadium to Pittsburgh International Airport terminal modernization and Pennsylvania Turnpike consulting relationship maintained since 1956—enables effective positioning of firm capabilities.
Candice demonstrates professional leadership through her CPSM certification and business development contributions at one of America’s oldest engineering firms celebrating 85 years. Her role supporting Michael Baker’s Ontario, California operations positions her in Southern California’s dynamic infrastructure market serving transportation agencies, municipal clients, and federal programs requiring sophisticated engineering solutions.
As Business Development Associate, Candice contributes to firm recognized consistently among ENR’s top design, bridge, transportation and water firms. Her work supports Michael Baker’s “Making a Difference” philosophy—whether redesigning busy interstate stretches, modernizing airports like Dallas and Pittsburgh, or constructing infrastructure in challenging environments from Southern California to the Andes of Peru.
Her business development efforts support Michael Baker’s employee ownership culture where shared rewards drive excellence. The firm’s Chairman’s Award—highest company honor established 2018—recognizes employees exemplifying “Wolf Pack” philosophy, creating environment where business development success benefits all 5,100+ employee-owners across nearly 100 offices serving comprehensive infrastructure markets.
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