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           David Baker

BIO – DAVID BAKER

David Baker has established a significant position in the evolving Digital Media marketplace with over 20 years experience in the fields of entertainment and technology. With early roots in the music business, Baker was named "Most Outstanding Soloist" for performances at "The Monterey Jazz Festival." Performance gave way to music and video production work at several top LA studios. Having gained a practical understanding of performance and production, Baker left the entertainment industry to gain formal educational background in Electronic Engineering, Broadcast Engineering and Telecommunications.

With this unique mix of practical and educational background, Baker became a founding partner and President of Electronic Integration Systems, Incorporated (EISI). For the better part of a decade, Baker's responsibilities at EISI included the successful design, development and execution of multi-million dollar projects nationwide. These projects ranged from professional audio-video systems to commercial building automation.

Through a close relationship with producers Freddie Fields and Jerome Hellman, Baker began consulting work for Network Event Theatre (NET). Fields and Hellman began NET as a vehicle to provide entertainment, via satellite, to the college market. Consulting gave way to a full time position as Senior Vice President of Technical Operations. Under Baker's direction, NET grew to a 40-site network of what would later be called Digital Cinemas. In addition to his technical duties, Baker acted as Executive Producer for NET's events. As Executive Producer, credits include "Live with Oliver Stone" for the premiere of "U-Turn", "Live with John Carpenter" for the premiere of "Vampires" and over thirty other live, interactive and taped for broadcast events. Playing a major role in the development of economic and technical models for NET provided Baker with a unique insight into how digital media would evolve.

To further shape this evolution, Baker accepted a position to lead the Digital Cinema and Convergent Media efforts for CyberStar (a Loral Company). CyberStar was developing a digital media delivery system over satellite. Baker's role included development of functional specifications for the delivery platform, business development and marketing. During his tenure, Baker organized the first Digital Cinema exhibition of Academy Award winning content transported internationally via satellite for the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. He was also responsible for defining and executing the presentation of CyberStar's prototype Digital Cinema system at ShoWest 1999.

Beginning in January 2000, Baker founded and was named Executive Director of Boeing's Digital Cinema effort. A significant result of his leadership and direction at Boeing was evident in November of 2000 when Baker orchestrated the collaboration between Miramax and Boeing on the first ever satellite and fiber (hybrid) transport of the feature film, "Bounce." This event remains as one of the most important milestones in the evolution of Digital Cinema. The achievement was followed by Boeing's continued collaboration with Miramax on the first ever satellite transport for the premiere of "Spy Kids" at Disney's California Adventure. In addition to these milestones, Baker was responsible for all marketing related events for Boeing Digital Cinema. He designed, directed and executed events including ShoWest 2001, Cannes 2001 and Cinema Expo 2001. Baker's influence at Boeing provided the foundation and strategies for their Global Digital Media efforts.

In 2002, Baker established a consulting practice focused on digital media and technology. This practice provided services ranging from strategic/business planning to development of product/service offerings. Clients included Orange County Department of Education, Long Beach Strategic Marketing, Reconnaissance Entertainment, Hunter-Saulada Media Production, and StreamTone.

In 2003, Baker became President and founding partner of World Media eXchange. This unique technology business focused on the secure delivery and use management of digital media. Baker is the inventor of the company's core solution and holds a United States patent for the media exchange process. As President, his responsibilities include executive management of all activities, business & strategic planning and development of product/service offerings.

Independently, Baker has authored several papers and developed numerous technical and business models focused on Convergent Digital Media. These papers highlight his unique ideas on content submission, security, aggregation, storage, hybrid distribution and use management. With the cornerstone of his methodology being a fully transactional content engine, Baker has been internationally acclaimed as having a clear and sensible vision.

Contact Information:

David Baker
4905 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA  90803
Office: (562) 856-4309
Mobile: (310) 614-2903
Email:  drbaker4654@earthlink.net