Michael Laitkep

About Michael Laitkep

I am an award-winning investor relations professional with eight years of full-time experience in investor relations, equity research, and investment operations. At Builders FirstSource, I work with senior executives to analyze and communicate the firm’s strategy and financial goals with buy-side investors, sell-side analysts, and internal management teams.

Experience

1. Director, Investor Relations

   Builders FirstSource

   Mar 2025 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Extel All-America Executive Team: Best IR Team 2025 (Top 10)Best IR Program 2025 (Top 10)IR Impact Awards:Best in Sector - Consumer Discretionary (2026 Nominee)Best Use of Social Media and Video (2025 Nominee)• Manage the full earnings process: prepare executives, contribute to guidance and strategy discussions, manage consensus, coordinate with internal teams, administer call and webcast logistics, and draft the earnings release, script, presentation, Q&A, competitor analysis reports, and board materials• Lead and participate in calls, meetings, events, and NDRs with the investment community. Average total investor engagements of >800 per year, more than double the average IR team’s 375 activities per year according to S&P data. Percent of active shares met at 84% annually vs. the S&P average of 60%• Successfully manage buy-side relationships and outreach, leading to large initiations of more than one million shares from high-quality funds such as Capital International, Sands Capital, Templeton, and Brave Warrior• Increased mix of low turnover, long-only funds and cut composition of high/very high turnover funds in half to less than 10% through active targeting and engagement with long-only investors• Successfully onboarded a combined 15 new sell-side analysts and coverage transitions• Lead team budgeting and vendor management with nearly 20% savings relative to the original 2025 budget and more favorable agreement terms through proactive outreach and cost mitigation efforts• Contribute to the firm’s efforts to introduce new AI tools such as AI chatbots and generative search, as well as IR-specific tools such as AlphaSense• Recognized as a best-in-class IR program in a 2025 Corbin perception study for the team’s accessibility, responsiveness, communication, and investor engagement, with all IR strengths improving over the 2023 study• Honored as a top ten IR team and program by Extel in 2025 and nominated for Best in Sector at the IR Impact Awards

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor’s Degrees, Plan II Honors (B.A.), Finance (B.B.A.)

  2013 — 2017