Michael Douglas Barbero[1] (born September 14, 1953)[2][3] is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General and consultant.

Lieutenant General Michael D. Barbero served as Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) from March 2011 until May 2013.

[4] In this post, he was responsible for leading the Defense Department's actions to rapidly provide counter-IED capabilities in support of combatant commanders, military services and other federal agencies to enable the defeat of the IED as a weapon of strategic influence.

As a major general, he commanded the United States Army Infantry Center and Fort Benning, Georgia.

Barbero has worked as a consultant for Ironhand Security, Intelligent Decisions Systems and Jones Group International.