Naomie Baptiste is a Program Manager for the Defense Industry based in Orlando, FL. She leads all phases of the program life cycle from inception, startup, execution, and completion on contracts valued at >$100M and leads a team of 60+ personnel. Her primary responsibilities include managing cost, schedule, and technical requirements of the program and subsystems providing leadership to a cross-functional and cross-geographical team.
She contributed to SWE for 20 years, first serving on the FAMU-FSU COE Section’s executive board in the early 2000s and now as an advisor to the Central FL Professionals Section after completing two consecutive terms as Section President. Her local SWE Central Florida section named her the “2024 Member of the Year” for countless hours of service to not only the section but also the entire local community. At her SWE sections, she held a variety of leadership roles including President, Executive Vice President, Vice President of Membership, Professional Development Chairman, Scholarship Coordinator, Collegiate Mentor, etc. Her educational background includes BS Engineering from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, a MS Global Leadership from University of San Diego; where they named her The Woman of Impact and she has her MBA from Howard University. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, cooking Caribbean cuisine, and spending time with her nephews/future engineers.
