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
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