Chris Peters, P.E., S.E.
Chief Operating Officer
Chris Peters, P.E., S.E., serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Michael Baker International. In this role, Mr. Peters focuses on driving operational excellence across the firm’s four verticals: Infrastructure; Integrated Design and Advisory (IDA); Mitigation, Environmental, Resiliency, Response and Recovery (MER3) – comprised of Michael Baker portfolio companies Tidal Basin Group and MLU Services, Inc. – and GovTech. Leveraging his deep industry expertise, Mr. Peters implements advanced processes and systems designed to optimize efficiency, enhance collaboration and position the firm for continued growth and expansion.
Mr. Peters has more than 30 years of architecture and engineering industry experience and has worked as a designer, department manager, mega-pursuit champion, client account manager, mega-pursuit manager and alternate delivery sales officer, among other roles. He most recently served as WSP USA’s COO, leading more than 17,000 multi-discipline team members across six business lines as well as program management, health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) and IT. Earlier in his career, Mr. Peters held roles of increasing responsibility at HNTB, culminating in Division Operations leadership.
Mr. Peters holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering from Iowa State University.
