See http://bairdphotos.com/bio/ for longer version. Michael "Mike" L. Baird Biography - Mike Baird is a serious amateur photographer, specializing in nature and wildlife and surf photography all along the California Central Coast. He works as a State Park Docent, leading nature walks and helping the docent organization with his knowledge of computers and photography. In his former life Mike was the first VP of Engineering of the successful $7 billion ask.com start-up, and the author of the 15-year best-selling entrepreneurship book entitled Engineering Your Start-up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur (eysu.org).