Biodesign Directory Profile

Bio

Michael McLeod brings more than 25 years of facilities administration experience to the post of Director of Facility Management for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University.  The Biodesign Institute is the state’s largest bioscience facility and the very first LEED Platinum Certified building. McLeod oversees all projects, maintenance, space management, security, reception, shipping and receiving, core resources, environmental health and safety and building sustainability programs.

Before joining the Biodesign Institute, McLeod worked for six years in Capital Programs for ASU on both its Tempe and West campuses.  As the Associate Director of the Capital Programs Management Group he coordinated design, construction and move-in phases of ASU’s three largest, state-of-the-art research buildings:  Biodesign’s Buildings A and B, the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology building V, and the Flexible Display Center.

Previously, McLeod was the General Manager of Site Services with Intel Corporation, where he worked for 16 years in the company’s Chandler, Ariz., and Santa Clara, Calif., locations.  He directed the development of Intel’s Chandler campus that included office, warehouse, sort and semiconductor fabrication facilities.  While in Santa Clara, McLeod directed site operations for three Intel campuses: corporate headquarters, the company’s largest research/development fabrication facility, and two production fabrication facilities.

In recent years, McLeod has presented at U.S. Green Building’s GreenBuild Conference in Phoenix and the Research Facilities Forum in Dallas.

McLeod has a bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly in California and an accreditation for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design by the U.S. Green Building Council.  In addition, he is a member of Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, the Project Management Institute, and the International Facilities Management Association.